Gun Violence Good News, Resources

A new initiative by the National Academies has been initiated to assess the effects of active shooter drills on student health and well-being and to determine best practices in preparing schools to respond to threats of violence.

Between 2009 and 2018, the U.S. had 57 times more school shootings than the rest of the G7 countries combined. Here's how to help bring an end to school shootings.

More than 160 gun owners in Richmond, Virginia, turned in 474 firearms in the city’s first-ever gun buyback event. City officials offered Walmart, Amazon, and Kroger gift cards in various amounts for different unwanted firearms.

Utah, Virginia and Washington allow people to ban themselves from impulsively buying a gun. Many more states could follow their lead.

Studies show that the presence of green spaces in urban areas can lead to a dramatic drop in crime rates and gun violence and lead to safer communities.

Hundreds of families fled their Christian community to a neighboring Muslim community when they came under attack by about 300 armed men who began shooting sporadically and burning down homes. An imam in the community rushed to aid the families, hiding more than 250.

New York City’s most populous borough is using police and incarceration as a last resort — and seeing shootings decrease.

While not a perfect solution on their own, gun buyback events can help reduce gun violence — especially when the guns are dismantled on the spot, and donated to be made into a tool for peace instead.

The latest initiative from CTR is The NRA Children’s Museum, or The Yellow Bus Project, which is a mobile museum made of 52 empty school buses, honoring the 4,368 children whose lives have been lost to gun violence since 2020. The procession of buses is a mile long.

As some lawmakers extend thoughts and prayers, firearms continue to impose a greater toll on Black communities

There are so many things we can each do to prevent gun violence, school shootings, suicide, and more. We’ve compiled a list of resources for you to get started...

We need to create awareness of what we are living in our country every day. We can’t just accept and continue living with the gun violence that surrounds us. The time to change must be now.