Firearm injuries damage children’s mental health

New mental health diagnoses are more likely after a childhood firearm injury than after a vehicle crash, research finds.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Dec. 9, 2022 ~5 min

Firearm injuries damage children’s mental health

New mental health diagnoses are more likely after a childhood firearm injury than after a vehicle crash, research finds.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Dec. 9, 2022 ~5 min


In 30 years, the US saw 1.1 million gun deaths

Gun deaths in the US are reaching unprecedented levels. A new study digs into the data behind the violence.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Dec. 6, 2022 ~6 min

Rates of carrying loaded handgun double in 4 years

"...there has been a striking increase in handgun carrying in the US," says lead author of the new study Ali Rowhani-Rahbar.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
Nov. 23, 2022 ~5 min

Military law enforcement messages boost safe gun storage

Service members are more likely to store guns safely when military law enforcement delivers the message to do so.

Patrice Harley-Rutgers • futurity
Oct. 13, 2022 ~6 min

Model reveals potential link between gun trends and mass shootings

Combining different stats reveals a picture of gun ownership in America that's more complete and accounts for movement from state-to-state, researchers say.

Karl Greenberg-NYU • futurity
July 1, 2022 ~6 min

How to talk to kids about the Texas school shooting

Following the mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas, teachers and parents are wondering how to talk to kids. An expert offers some advice.

Boston University • futurity
May 27, 2022 ~10 min

Buffalo shooting adds to rise of hate crimes in the US

An expert explains the rising number of hate crimes in the US as well as white nationalist violence after the recent mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.

Sharon Driscoll-Stanford • futurity
May 19, 2022 ~8 min


Guns are now the #1 cause of death for kids and teens

Guns killed more than 4,300 children and adolescents in 2020, surpassing motor vehicles as the leading cause of death among people age 1 to 19.

U. Michigan • futurity
April 22, 2022 ~6 min

1 in 3 youth in rural areas say they carry a gun by age 26

Knowing why and when youth in rural areas carry guns could help prevent firearm violence and injury, researchers say.

Jake Ellison-U. Washington • futurity
April 7, 2022 ~7 min

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