The Denver Accord: A Comprehensive Plan To Reduce Gun Violence Presented by GVPedia The Denver Accord is a comprehensive gun violence prevention platform, led by GVPedia and supported by more than 40 organizations nationally, designed to guide policymakers’...
The Denver Accord Part 9: Police Reform The Denver Accord is a comprehensive gun violence prevention platform, led by GVPedia and supported by more than 40 organizations nationally, designed to guide policymakers’ efforts to reduce gun violence in the United States....
Mass Shootings in America: 2013-2019 Presented by GVPediaWelcome to GVPedia’s Mass Shootings in America: 2013-2019 report. The goal of this paper is to give advocates and policymakers access to academic research so that policy decisions can be made based on fact. On...
The Denver Accord: A Comprehensive Plan To Reduce Gun Violence Presented by GVPedia The Denver Accord is a comprehensive gun violence prevention platform, led by GVPedia and supported by more than 40 organizations nationally, designed to guide policymakers’...
The Denver Accord: A Comprehensive Plan To Reduce Gun Violence Presented by GVPedia The Denver Accord is a comprehensive gun violence prevention platform, led by GVPedia and supported by more than 40 organizations nationally, designed to guide policymakers’ efforts to...
Defensive Gun Use Fact Sheet With so much valuable information out there about defensive gun use, we created this two page fact sheet for advocates, educators, and elected officials to get an idea of the topic all in one place. It is made to share digitally, or as a...
A naïve count analysis of academic studies from 1995-2018 indicates an evenly split literature on whether RTC Laws reduce, increase, or have no effect on crime. Focus on modern studies (post 2005) with a national scope reveals that a majority find that RTC Laws...
A majority of states now have some form of Stand Your Ground Law The most consistent finding of academic studies is that Stand Your Ground laws increase homicides The overwhelming majority of academic studies find no deterrence effect on crime. Stand Your Ground laws...
In the United States in 2016, 5,664 female firearm deaths were recorded – 3,291 suicides and 2,202 homicides. (The remainder were undetermined, unintentional, or legal intervention.) Access to firearms increases the risk of being a homicide victim more for women than...
There were 14,415 firearm homicides in the US in 2016 Firearms make violent crime more lethal The US has significantly higher rates of homicide than other developed nations High gun ownership states have significantly higher firearm and overall homicide rates The...