Glimmer of Hope: Knight Reading (Reading in Common), 2019-2020: Gun Violence

"MUSE in Focus: Addressing Gun Violence” is a selection of recent scholarship from Project MUSE publishers on gun violence, its effect throughout the culture, and its possible solutions."

"Firearm injuries are an important public health problem, contributing substantially to premature death and disability of children. Understanding their nature and impact is a first step toward prevention."

"This interactive graphic is part of our project exploring the more than 33,000 annual gun deaths in America and what it would take to bring that number down."

"Over six years of tracking, this data has shown us that gunfire on school grounds takes many forms and mirrors the problem of gun violence in America. Gunfire on school grounds occurs most often at schools with a high proportion of students of color—disproportionately affecting Black students."

National Center for Health Statistics provides information to inform actions and policies to improve the health of the American people.

This report presents trends on the number and rate of fatal and nonfatal firearm violence from 1993 to 2011.

The FBI has gathered a variety of reports and resources to assist local and state law enforcement agencies in responding to active shooting situations.

The Federal Commission on School Safety was designed to both research and recommend solutions to advance the safety of our schools. The Commission’s observations and recommendations are contained in this report.

The Campus Resilience Program Resource Library aims to provide members of the academic community with access to resources, strategies, guidelines, and templates to address a variety of different vulnerabilities and risks. This library organizes resources according to a specific threat/hazard, and then further categorizes each resource according to its relevant Mission Area, as outlined in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Preparedness Goal.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing,
and reporting data related to education in the United States and other nations.

The National institute of Justice is the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Ready.gov offers resources for families to plan ahead for disasters. The Active Shooter page focuses specifically on preparing for, reacting to, and recovering from a shooting situation.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention in partnership with the Departments of Education and Justice monitor school-associatd violent deaths at the national level. Data obtained from this study play an important role in monitoring and assessing national trends in school-associated violent deaths and helping to inform efforts to prevent fatal school violence.

The Office for Victims of Crime compiled resources in response to the mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and Marshall County High School.

The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank that reports on public opinion, has a variety of data and reports on issues and attitudes toward gun control and related policies.

"Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is a not for profit corporation formed in 2013 to provide free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States. GVA will collect and check for accuracy, comprehensive information about gun-related violence in the U.S. and then post and disseminate it online."

"The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research is engaged in original scholarly research, policy analysis and agenda-setting public discourse. Our goal is to bring public health expertise and perspectives to the complex policy issues related to gun violence prevention."

The Trace is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to shining a light on America’s gun violence crisis.