Black people are at the highest risk for gun homicide in Washington. Young Black males ages 15-34 were 11x as likely to die by gun homicide than their white peers in 2021.

Males were over 8x as likely to die by gun suicide than females in 2021, throughout the state of Washington.

The gun homicide rate in Washington has nearly DOUBLED over the past decade. 73% of all homicides in the state were by firearms in 2021.

Washington had the 12th lowest rate of gun violence in the country in 2021.

However, guns remain the state's leading cause of death among children and teens ages 1-19.

An average of 2 people died from gun violence every day in Washington in 2021.

In response to the Crumbley parents’ convictions, our Daniel W. Webster told USA TODAY: 'The level of neglect and parental behavior and decision-making appeared to be quite relevant' to the outcomes of the parents’ cases.

Read more:
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Danger is amplified for victims of domestic violence when combined with the prevalence and accessibility of firearms.

More must be done to fully realize the promise of protecting victims in Virginia. Our Kelly Roskam's op-ed is in RTD Opinions.

READ:
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25 years ago, Tom Mauser’s son Daniel died in the mass shooting at Columbine High School. 13 people were killed and 24 wounded.

We remember the victims & work toward a future without the daily dangers of gun violence.

Watch the video from CAP Gun Violence Prevention: ampr.gs/3W6Ac9k

Two states. Two tragedies. Two very different responses.

“We see terrible acts of gun violence; no one wants them, but we see this through different lenses,” our Daniel W. Webster told The Associated Press in reference to new laws in Maine and Iowa. apnews.com/article/guns-s…

Commentary: Youngkin declines to fully protect victims of intimate-partner violence. Why? richmond.com/zzstyling/view…

Two shootings, two different responses — Maine restricts guns while Iowa arms teachers newscentermaine.com/article/news/p…

“Suicides kind of slip under the radar a bit. There’s not as much willingness to talk about them. I think that’s changing. It becomes hard to ignore as the rates climb. Easy access to guns in America has also worsened the issue,” says our Paul Nestadt.
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Firearm Purchaser Licensing laws help stop straw purchasing, which is a violation of federal law, by first requiring prospective buyers to apply for and obtain a license. publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/questions…

They also connected with incredible thought leaders from other universities, like Cassandra Crifasi from Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health PhD candidate Rachel Topazian.

Among high-income countries, the U.S. is an outlier in terms of firearm violence.

The firearm homicide rate in the U.S. is nearly 25x higher than other high-income countries and the firearm suicide rate is nearly 10x that of other high-income countries:
publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun…

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and Vanderbilt University have released a new study: “National Burden of Injury and Deaths From Shootings by Police in the United States, 2015-2020. Find an article from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health & a full report here: publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/study-of-…