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Gun control

Bullet casings lie on a street
Public Health
Hot spot policing effectively reduces Baltimore gun violence
Published Jan 11, 2018
Report evaluates effectiveness of deterrence programs used in city since 2003
Texas church shooting 'fits a pattern'
Published Nov 7, 2017
Despite research thats shows majority of mass shootings have a connection to domestic abuse, policy loopholes allow abusers to obtain firearms easily
Study explores gun violence injuries, cost
Published Oct 4, 2017
Analysis estimates firearm-related injuries in U.S. cost $2.8B annually in emergency room, inpatient charges
'Reducing Gun Violence in America' available for free download
Published Oct 3, 2017
280-page report, recommendations authored by experts from Bloomberg School of Public Health
Commentary
More guns won't make college campuses safer
Published Oct 24, 2016
Campus-carry laws will invite tragedies, not end them, Daniels and Webster write
Campus carry
Study: Guns on campuses won't deter shootings
Published Oct 24, 2016
Evidence suggests right-to-carry permissions on campus will likely lead to increase in gun violence, suicides
Issue in focus
Firearms and domestic violence
Published Oct 14, 2016
A look at what protections are in place to keep domestic abusers from getting guns, the most common weapon used in intimate partner homicides
Handgun painted in colors of American flag
Issue in focus
Armed America
Published Oct 12, 2016
Facts, figures, and an up-close look at the gun reform debate
Vigil attendees hold a sign that reads 'Disarm Hate;' the Johns Hopkins Medicine dome can be seen in the background
'Stand together'
Vigil brings healing, hope
Published July 13, 2016
School of Medicine students organize gathering to protest recent acts of violence across the U.S.
Commentary
'Misguided debate'
Published Nov 3, 2015
U.S. gun control conversation derailed by misleading narrative that obscures true issues, gun policy expert says / U.S. News & World Report