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Gun Policy
A new law was supposed to exclusively fund states that have, or plan to pass, red flag laws. But a compromise broadened the criteria, complicating how to prioritize programs shown to decrease shootings.
Coronavirus & Guns
The pandemic has inspired a surge in gun sales, but research shows that having a firearm in the house won’t necessarily help in a dangerous moment — and it will heighten other risks.
Gun Safety
Children living in poor areas are almost twice as likely to die by firearm suicide as those who reside in wealthier neighborhoods, according to a study published today in JAMA Pediatrics. The paper seeks to unpack an alarming rise…
How We Fix This
Seven years after the shooting in Newtown, more than 11,000 schools have adopted a student support program developed by Sandy Hook Promise.
A new survey finds that California gun owners are only half as likely to store their firearms loaded and unlocked as the average American gun owner.
The findings, part of a broader look at national suicide trends, found the gun dealer connection particularly stark in urban counties.
Oriel Davis-Lyons and Gustavo Dorietto hope their marketing campaign will prompt states to adopt the kind of graphic labels that adorn cigarette packs in more than 100 countries.
Data
A country where one in three households owns guns is a country where a lot of children grow up alongside deadly weapons. New calculations indicate just how many of those kids live in homes where adults fail to safely store…
Simtek, a new security-technology company based in Mountain View, California, recently launched a funding campaign for a compact security sensor called Duo that it says might just be able to reduce accidental child shootings. The sensor is a…
Children who received instruction in gun safety were no more likely than those who did not to heed basic rules about what to do if they came across a gun — like leaving the room or notifying an adult —…
The German-American gunmaker Sig Sauer has issued its second notice in as many months advising customers of a potentially dangerous malfunction in one of its firearms. In a notice released Friday, the company said it was undertaking a mandatory recall of…
Criminal Justice
Kym Worthy says it is "unconscionable" to leave a loaded firearm within reach of a child.
Buy a safe, get a discount.
For every 10.5 guns collected under Connecticut’s gun violence restraining orders, one person was stopped from taking his or her own life, researchers estimate. Eleven states are considering similar policies.
Smart guns hold promise, but firearms makers could implement these proven safety features right now.
