To skirt gang violence, look tough on Facebook?

"Sometimes that gun a young man posts on social media is actually a part of his attempt to not use that gun."

Melissa De Witte-Stanford • futurity
May 6, 2019 ~7 min

People are secretly buying handguns on the dark web

"It takes just one gun purchased through the dark web to kill someone and the danger is very real..."

Caroline Brooks-Michigan State • futurity
April 24, 2019 ~4 min


15% fewer homicides in states with universal background checks

Laws that focus on who has guns—rather than gun type—may do more to lower gun-related deaths.

Boston University • futurity
April 1, 2019 ~3 min

How live streaming connects New Zealand attack and ISIS

Live streaming is a tool terrorists use to spread messages of fear, whether they're radical right-wing extremists or members of ISIS, an expert says.

Julian Cardillo-Brandeis • futurity
March 18, 2019 ~1 min

Physician PACs give more money to pro-gun candidates

"This pattern held true even for physician groups that publicly endorsed evidence-based policies to reduce firearm injury."

Mollie Rappe-Brown • futurity
Feb. 24, 2019 ~6 min

More policing alone can’t stop gun-related deaths

Years lost from fatal gun injuries differ by race, research finds, which suggests interventions need to vary, as well.

Boston University • futurity
Dec. 27, 2018 ~5 min

60% of US children’s deaths in 2016 were preventable

Since 1999, about 4 of every 100,000 US children and teens have died by a gun-related homicide, suicide, or unintended shooting each year.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Dec. 26, 2018 ~7 min

Why doctors say gun violence is ‘their lane’

"As a physician and a researcher, I know that it doesn't have to be this way."

Mollie Rappe-Brown • futurity
Dec. 6, 2018 ~4 min


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