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Risk Factors for Assaultive Reinjury and Death Following a Nonfatal Firearm Assault Injury: A Population-based Retrospective Cohort Study
This retrospective cohort study aimed to characterize individuals with firearm related injury who may be at risk for reinjury.
Firearm Injury in America
This article looks at firearm-related deaths in the United States and discusses strategies to reduce the burden of firearm injury.
School Shootings: Should Parents be Charged for Failing to Lock up Guns Used by their Kids?
An article in the Washington Post by John Woodrow Cox and Steven Rich discussing parents' criminal responsibility in school shootings when the firearm came from their home.
A Common Trait Among Mass Killers: Hatred Toward Women
A New York Times article by Julie Bosman, Kate Taylor, and Tim Arango on the role of misogyny as a factor in mass shootings.
Ten Years of Mass Shootings in the United States
An Everytown for Gun Safety compilation of statistics and analysis of all mass shootings in the United States since 2009.
A Study of the Pre-Attack Behaviors of Active Shooters in the United States Between 2000 – 2013.
A report covering active shooter incidents in the United States that examines specific behaviors that may precede an attack and that might be useful in identifying, assessing, and managing those who may be on a pathway to violence.
Mass Shooting Database Locations
A mass shooter database from The Violence Project of 172 mass public shootings in the United States from 1966 to 2020 coded on nearly 200 life history variables, including mental health history, trauma, interest in past shootings, and situational triggers.
Opinion: We analyzed 53 years of mass shooting data. Attacks aren’t just increasing, they’re getting deadlier
This opinion piece studied every mass shooting event since 1966 to characterize trends in mass shooting events in the United States over the last several decades.
America’s Gun Culture in Charts
A BBC News article depicting a visual representation of America's gun culture via charts and infographics.
Data from the Gun Violence Archive
Mass shooting database from the Gun Violence Archive.
Public Safety, Mental Disorders, and Guns
This paper examines the relationship between mental illness and gun violence.
Mental Illness, Mass Shootings, and the Politics of American Firearms
This paper examines the relationship amongst mental illness, mass shootings, and cultural stereotypes regarding those with psychiatric illnesses.