research organizations & RESOURCES
A lot of smart people have done a lot of important research and have made their findings easier to access. Here are a few:
GunPolicy.org is a Sydney based organization that gathers gun violence-related data from around the world and allows quick country-to-country comparisons.
Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions
The Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York has a Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium, which has set up a Gun Violence Data Dashboard.
University of California, Davis, Violence Prevention Research Program
The American Journal of Public Health made the entire gun violence repository in the American Journal of Public Health open access.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides free public access to injury-related data (provided by the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) operated by the National Center for Health Statistics). Click here and here to explore US gun violence (other other injury-related) data for yourself.
The New York Times has produced an interactive map showing the burden of gun homicides by neighborhood in the US.
Noteworthy academic books and journal articles
This is not an exhaustive list by any means. But here are some noteworthy publications.
Mental Illness, Mass Shootings, and the Politics of American Firearms (Metzl, jonathan and Macleish, kenneth t., american journal of public health, February 2015)
Mental Illness and Reduction of Gun Violence and Suicide: bringing epidemiologic research to policy (Jeffrey Swanson et al, annals of epidemiology, may 2015)
Jeffrey Swanson, PhD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University. He is an expert on psychiatric epidemiology, with further expertise on the relationship with firearms violence.
Gun Violence and Mental Illness (Liza Gold, 2016)
Liza Gold, MD, is a forensic psychiatrist based in Arlington, Virginia. Gun Violence and Mental Illness is the most comprehensive book to date on the relationship (and lack of relationship) between gun violence and mental illness.
BROADENING THE PERSPECTIVE ON GUN VIOLENCE: AN EXAMINATION OF THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY: 1990-2015 (VICTORIA M. SMITH ET AL, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, 2017)
GUN VIOLENCE AFFECTS THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES (YASEMAN IRVIN-ERICKSON ET AL, URBAN INSTITUTE, JUNE 2017)
LEGAL REGULATION OF RESTORATION OF FIREARMS RIGHTS AFTER MENTAL HEALTH PROHIBITION (LIZA H. GOLD & DONNA VANDERPOOL, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW, 2018)
QUICKSTATS: NUMBER OF HOMICIDES COMMITTED, BY THE THREE MOST COMMON METHODS - UNITED STATES, 2010 - 2016 (CDC MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT, 27 JULY 2018)
THE ASSOCIATION OF FIREARM CAILBER WITH LIKELIHOOD OF DEATH FROM GUNSHOT INJURY IN CRIMINAL ASSAULTS (ANTHONY A. BRAGA & PHILIP J. COOK, JAMA NETWORK OPEN, 2018)
EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS TO REDUCE FIREARM VIOLENCE (WILLIAM FRIZZELL & JOSEPH CHIEN, PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES 2018)
REDUCING FIREARM INJURIES AND DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES: A POSITION PAPER FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (RENEE BUTKUS ET AL, ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2018)
THE MAJOR CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN THE UNITED STATES (REBECCA M. CUNNINGHAM ET AL, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 2018)
#THISISOURLANE - FIREARM SAFETY AS HEALTHCARE’S HIGHWAY (MEGAN L. RANNEY ET AL, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 2019)
ASSOCIATION OF FIREARM OWNERSHIP, USE, ACCESSIBILITY, AND STORAGE PRACTICES WITH SUICIDE RISK AMONG US ARMY SOLDIERS (CATHERINE L. DEMPSEY ET AL., JAMA NETWORK OPEN, 2019)
PREVENTING FIREARM-RELATED DEATH AND INJURY (ROCCO PALLIN ET AL., ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2019)
STATE GUN LAWS AND PEDIATRIC FIREARM-RELATED MORTALITY (MONIKA K. GOYAL ET AL., PEDIATRICS, 2019)
FIREARM OWNERSHIP AND DOMESTIC VERSUS NONDOMESTIC HOMICIDE IN THE U.S. (AARON J. KIVISTO ET AL., AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, 2019)
EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS: AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION TRAINING (SUHAS GONDI ET AL., ACADEMIC MEDICINE, 2019)
FIREARM AVAILABILITY AND STORAGE PRACTICES AMONG MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE (CRAIG J. BRYAN ET AL., JAMA NETWORK OPEN, 2019)
EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS INTENDED TO PREVENT MASS SHOOTINGS: A CASE SERIES (GAREN J. WINTEMUTE ET AL., ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2019)
FIREARM POLICY: PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONS’ ROLE IN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FUNDS, 2018 (MIRIAM Y. NEUFELD ET AL., AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 2019)
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) AND FIREARMS IN THE UNITED STATES: WILL AN EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE FOLLOW? (REBEKAH MANNIX ET AL., ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2020)
PSYCHIATRIC SEQUELAE AMONG COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY STAFF 1 YEAR AFTER A MASS SHOOTING (RAFAEL J. ENGEL ET AL., JAMA NETWORK OPEN, 2020)
CALLOUS-UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS AND RISK OF GUN CARRYING AND USE DURING CRIME (EMILY L. ROBERTSON ET AL., AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 2020)
HANDGUN OWNERSHIP AND SUICIDE IN CALIFORNIA (DAVID M. STUDDERT ET AL., NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 2020)
A YEAR IN GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH (REGIONAL GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM, ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT, 2020)
GUN OWNERS, OPINIONS, AND POLICY OPPORTUNITIES AMID THE PANDEMIC (REGIONAL GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM, ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT, 2021)
IMPROVING SUICIDE PREVENTION THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (J. JOHN MANN ET AL., AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 2021)
SELF-REPORTED ACCESS TO FIREARMS AMONG PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE (JULIE E. RICHARDS ET AL., JAMA HEALTH FORUM, 2021)
THE VIOLENCE PROJECT: HOW TO STOP A MASS SHOOTING EPIDEMIC (JILLIAM PETERSON & JAMES DESNLEY, ABRAMS PRESS, 2021)
ASSOCIATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD GUN VIOLENCE WITH MENTAL HEALTH-RELATED PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT UTILIZATION (ADITI VASAN ET AL., JAMA PEDIATRICS, 2021)
STRUCTURAL COMPETENCY AND THE FUTURE OF FIREARM RESEARCH (JONATHAN M. METZL ET AL., SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 2021)
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SEEKING AND HISTORY OF SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AMONG SUICIDE DECEDENTS BY MECHANISM, 2003-2018 (ALLISON E. BOND ET AL., JAMA OPEN NETWORK, 2022)
SUICIDE DEATHS AMONG WOMEN IN CALIFORNIA LIVING WITH HANDGUN OWNDERS VS THOSE LIVING WITH OTHER ADULTS IN HANDGUN-FREE HOMES 2004-2016 (MATTHEW MILLER ET AL., JAMA PSYCHIATRY, 2022)
VITAL SIGNS: CHANGES IN FIREARM HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE RATES - UNITED STATES, 2019-2020 (SCOTT R. KEGLER ET AL., MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT, 2022)
CIVIL PETITIONERS AND EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON (LAURA PRATER ET AL., PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, 2022)
SUICIDE AMONG MALES ACROSS THE LIFESPAN: AN ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCES BY KNOWN MENTAL HEALTH STATUS (KATHERINE A. FOWLER ET AL., AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, 2022)
RISING RATES OF ADOLESCENT FIREARM SUICIDE AND THE CLINICIAN’S ROLE IN ADDRESSING FIREARMS (JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, APURVA BHATT ET AL., 18 AUGUST 2022)
GUN VIOLENCE EXPOSURE AND SUICIDE AMONG BLACK ADULTS (JAMA NETWORK OPEN, DANIEL C. SEMENZA ET AL., 6 FEBRUARY 2024)
PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED FIREARM MORTALITY IN THE U.S., 2008-2019 (AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, NAIMA T. JOSEPH ET AL., 6 MARCH 2024)
UPDATED ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS NEEDED TO PREVENT 1 SUICIDE (JAMA NETWORK OPEN, MATTHEW MILLER ET AL., 12 JUNE 2024)
FLORIDA’S RED FLAG LAW AND FIREARM AND NONFIREARM HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE RATES (JAMA NETWORK, CATHERINE GIMBRONE & KARA E. RUDOPLH, 19 AUGUST 2024)