GVPedia
Gun Violence Research
GVPedia arms policymakers, advocates, and the public with facts and data to create evidence-based policy to reduce gun violence.
Welcome to GVPedia, a project created to provide ready access to academic research and high quality data on gun violence. GVPedia is currently comprised of two main features:
The Study Database
The Database is a collection of more than 2,000 academic studies analyzing a wide range of gun violence subjects that can be searched by topic, author, journal, and year of publication. Each study is accompanied by an abstract, and hundreds of studies have the full text available for you to read.
GVP University
GVP University is a collection of white papers and fact sheets that will eventually cover every major topic in gun violence. Intended to provide summaries of the issues and succinct points, they serve as a jumping-off point to explore each topic in greater detail with our Study Database.
Recent Fact Sheets
What to Know Before Buying a Gun.
Explore the critical information on the risks associated with gun ownership and how it impacts our communities.
GVPedia’s Concealed Carry Reciprocity Fact Sheet
GVPedia envisions a world in which disinformation no longer holds sway over the gun violence debate and the public has ready access to accurate information about firearms and the risks they pose.
The Weaponization of Crime Data Disinformation is Exploding
Is violent crime skyrocketing or plummeting? This question has become a fixture of the 2024 presidential race, with dueling claims from both campaigns.
Recent Studies
Association of County-Level Poverty and Inequities With Firearm-Related Mortality in US Youth
Importance Youth firearm-related deaths are a public health crisis in the US. The association between county-level poverty and the risk of firearm-related deaths among youth is unknown, however. Objective To examine the association between county-level poverty...
“Lock and Protect”: Development of a Digital Decision Aid to Support Lethal Means Counseling in Parents of Suicidal Youth
Objective Reducing access to lethal methods is an effective suicide prevention strategy that is often neglected in routine care. Digital interventions have shown promise for addressing such gaps in care; and decision aids have proven useful for supporting complicated...
The Association of Suicidal Ideation With Firearm Purchasing During a Firearm Purchasing Surge
Importance Firearm access is associated with risk for suicide, and, since early 2020, the US has experienced an unprecedented surge in firearm sales. Objective To assess frequency of suicidal ideation among individuals who purchased firearms during the surge period...
