Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
13 March 2020
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
As restaurants look at a myriad of ways to enhance the cleanliness of their businesses in light of the coronavirus pandemic, a distillery in North Carolina chose to shift their focus from gin-making to making and dist...
16 April 2019
El Salvador
Text
Under 800 Words
Giving guns a nonviolent afterlife can also increase economic opportunity for struggling communities. In El Salvador, IM Swedish Development Partner, a nongovernmental organization, is addressing the issue of guns and...
23 May 2018
Albuquerque, Pennsylvania, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
A publicly available online platform launched by the New York Attorney General fills in big data gaps on guns being used in crimes and trafficked from elsewhere. “We were able to get a snapshot really quickly of where...
4 January 2017
Japan
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Japan’s annual gun deaths are in the single digits, thanks to tight regulations on firearms. Even police defuse violence using martial arts rather than guns. Criminals use knives instead and find ways of illegally imp...
20 September 2019
Oakland, California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Oakland’s Ceasefire initiative takes a collaborative, comprehensive approach to reducing gun violence. City officials, community advocates, residents, and law enforcement work together by prioritizing data analysis, m...
The New Yorker
Ian Frazier
29 March 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
One of dozens of community-based anti-violence groups in New York City, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence teaches high schoolers classes on gun-violence prevention that carry an underlying message: how to fight their c...
21 December 2015
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
For decades, Missouri had restrictive gun laws, but after relaxing them in 2007, there has been an uptick in gun deaths. Gun control legislation that restricts criminals' access could be the solution.
24 September 2015
Rochester, New York, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Cities in the U.S. have decreased recidivism through specialized courts for firearm offenders. These efforts, however, have not helped overall gun violence, so university research is suggesting new tactics.
11 November 2015
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Research shows that higher rates of gun ownership lead to higher rates of violent crime - countless examples in the continental United States seem to support this. But Hawaii, with some of the highest gun sale numbers...
16 February 2018
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Five states adopted red-flag laws and thirteen more are considering them. Families or law enforcement can petition courts to seize guns from people they consider to be a threat. Duke University studied the effect of C...
4 March 2019
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Towns and cities across the countries have grieved the loss of life due to gun violence in various ways, including temporary memorials like t-shirts and shoes, exhibits, and ceremonies. But in New Haven, Connecticut, ...
13 November 2018
Massachusetts, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Massachusetts' strict gun-licensing laws make gun buyers jump through many hoops before they can buy and possess a firearm, part of a broader set of policies and factors that give the state the lowest gun death rate i...
15 August 2020
Flint, Michigan, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A privately funded gun-buyback program is one of three core elements of the city of Flint's violence-reduction plan, but research has shown that such programs fail to make a dent in violent crime because the guns they...
2 October 2015
Australia
Text
800-1500 Words
The U.S. continues to resist restrictive gun laws. Australia and Britain significantly decreased mass shootings through the banning of certain guns, more restrictive permits, buyback programs, and a national firearms ...
6 January 2017
Japan
Text
800-1500 Words
Japan has one of the lowest death by gun rates in the world, 6 to 33599. How? The country has established strict policies for buying and maintaining guns. The police force has installed restrictions regarding the use ...
2 October 2017
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Among policy proposals to reduce gun violence the most effective are background checks and the use of focused deterrence by law enforcement. The latter is where police meet with community leaders and members of crimin...
9 April 2019
Illinois, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Following a mass shooting in Aurora, IL, lawmakers are introducing legislation that could make it harder for guns to be obtained by those who shouldn’t have them. The legislation proposes requiring fingerprints prior ...
18 January 2019
New Mexico, United States
Broadcast TV Programs
Over 15 Minutes
Eleven states in the United States have implemented some version of “red flag laws" which aim to remove guns from those that are showing signs of imminent threat. With studies showing that these bipartisan laws are ha...
5 January 2019
Flint, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Across the country, mental health professionals, city officials, and community leaders have been developing grassroots responses to curb gun violence. From mediation to education, a driving factor behind these efforts...
11 September 2019
Massachusetts, United States
Multi-Media
5-15 Minutes
While most Americans and politicians from across the partisan aisle support universal background checks for firearm purchases, that system has shown to not be as effective as many think. Instead, states are implementi...
17 March 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Street outreach workers who work to reduce gun violence in Chicago are using the relationships they've built to now spread the word about the dangers of the coronavirus. “To the extent that we are the sort of conduits...
10 October 2017
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Unlike typical youth crime prevention programs, several programs in Boston target youth already involved in gangs and violence. Though more resistant to receiving help and staying on the right path, the youth have res...
6 May 2021
Sacramento, California, United States
Radio Talk Show
5-15 Minutes
Advance Peace mentors young people at risk of committing or suffering gun violence, guiding them through a "life map" process to exit street life and set goals for a safer, healthier future. The program, which started...
7 September 2016
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To prevent suicides, The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the National Shooting Sports Association are teaming up for an education initiative to raise awareness around suicide by firearms. The NSSF will ...
23 February 2020
Denver, Colorado, United States
Radio
800-1500 Words
The Denver, Colorado, district attorney’s office assigned an investigator to methodically search for signs that domestic abusers possessed prohibited guns, and then uses that information to take the guns away. Firearm...
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