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[vollesroah]

Gun deaths US

Found some statistics about gun deaths in the US.

The firearm homicide rate in the U.S. is nearly 25 times higher than other high-income countries and the firearm suicide rate is nearly 10 times that of other high-income countries.

Americans own 46% of the world’s civilian-owned firearms

A women is five times more likely to be murdered when her abuser has access to a firearm

More than 55% of all firearm deaths are suicides

Source: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun-violence-solutions/research-reports/firearm-violence-in-the-united-states

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Eighty-six percent of gun deaths in the US involve men, and men are six times more likely to die from gun violence than women.

The toll of gun violence on women in the US is particularly stark when compared to peer nations: compared to women in other high-income countries, US women are 21 times more likely to die from gun violence

Each year, an average of more than 3,250 women die by firearm suicide, representing 54% of all gun deaths among women.7 Like firearm suicide rates overall, gun suicide rates among women are on the rise. In the last decade, the gun suicide rate rose 17% for women.8 These increases were larger for women of color. In fact, while gun suicide rates rose just 15% for white women, increases were much sharper for American Indian and Alaska Native women (114%), Black women (103%), Hispanic women (96%) and Asian American and Pacific Islander women (26%).

Source: https://giffords.org/lawcenter/report/the-devastating-toll-of-gun-violence-on-american-women-and-girls/

[molsons112000]

So you think there would be an organization called music rappers against gun violence?

As you see below, many artists in the music industry that were black have been killed by gun violence.

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › L...

List of murdered hip hop musicians

Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of half of hip hop musician deaths. The average age of death is between 25–30 years of age. Hip ...

Web results

The Houston Defender

defendernetwork.com

Rappers killed by gun violence - DefenderNetwork.com

Nov 3, 2022 — The death of rapper Takeoff has shined a light on the amount of rappers killed by gun violence. Takeoff was a member of the rap

So you look at the marginalized communities.And they've been affected the greatest by gun violence.....

bet.com

www.bet.com

Sad Times - Gun - Image 1 from 23 Celebrities Affected By Gun ...

Sad Times - Gun violence has been a regular topic of conversation in politics and on cable news. With the daily victims of shootings in cities across the ...

Web results

Everytown Research & Policy

everytownresearch.org

Impact of Gun Violence on Historically Marginalized ...

Gun violence has a devastating impact on individual victims, and entire groups and communities experience the reverberating effects

Then you take a community like Ghana in Africa. And I asked people don't have guns. Yes, the country is very much gun-free. Except for the military personnel and I think law enforcement.

You would think the black community and Hispanic community who in America have been most affected by gun violence, not whites and Asians. Whites and Asians have minimal negativity related to gun violence.

Blacks and hispanics have high rates of gun violence.

BuzzFeed

https://www.buzzfeed.com › bone-...

13 Bone-Chilling Murders Of Mexican Folk Musicians

Jun 3, 2014 — The Mexican folk musician murders are part of a much bigger problem in Mexico. Drug violence in Mexico increased during Felipe Calderon's ...

Giffords

https://giffords.org › memo › gun-...

Gun Violence in Hispanic & Latino Communities

Sep 9, 2022 — The Latino community, particularly Latino youth, has been disproportionately impacted by gun violence. Gun deaths among

So blacks and hispanics can come together against gun violence in the entertainment world.... Lots of blacks and hispanics have lost their life to gun violence in general and in the entertainment world.....

So there could be a coalition of hispanics like J Lo 🤔 And Beyoncé Coming together against gun violence. So these two female entertainers can create a coalition of hispanics and blacks against gun violence....

We won't leave you in suspense anymore, here's her number: “(305) 690-0379.” It seems Jennifer has actually been initiating conversations over the busy weekend, asking fans what songs she should include in her Super Bowl set list.Jan 5, 2020

https://www.hola.com › celebrities

Jennifer Lopez shares phone number for fans to text her - HOLA

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter's Email Address

Contact Beyoncé (Official Site)

support@cecred.com (Cecred)

info@parkwood-ent.com (Parkwood Entertainment)

https://contactanycelebrity.com › cac

How To Contact Beyoncé Knowles-Carter…

Then they can bring their two husbands Into the coalition to me to make this movement against Gun violence in general.

Tanya Kyle can be part of this group.

thetrace.org

www.thetrace.org

Private Medical Records of Chris Kyle's Killer Reveal the True ...

Nov 23, 2015 — Support journalism that shines a light on gun violence. Donations from generous readers sustain our nonprofit newsroom. Donate

tayakyle.com

https://tayakyle.com › pages › con...

Contact – Taya and Chris Kyle Family - American Legacy

For more information about speaking opportunities, please contact email Teresa Poore at teresa@teamneverquit.com or call her at (918) 724-9298.

So jlo beyonce and tanya kyle can come together and then get involved with tammy duckworth for responsible gun ownership and anti gun violence movement....

They can start the just say no to gun violence movement. They can get Nancy Reagan to support it. A version of the just say no to drugs. Now that just say no to gun violence.

And I would support my x, Jennifer Kim as being part of this coalition.

[cb3273973]

New Gun Control Order Pending... Giffords.org cheering IMMINENT RELEASE ...

[antidrumpfs]

https://giffords.org/take-action/

#banguns http://dlvr.it/SpLy2L

[micheleksdare]

Grief Into Action

Earlier today a gunman walked into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and murdered eighteen children and three adults. I will not say the gunman’s name nor ever write it out here, and I will not speculate as to what his motive was. Instead, I will try to address a question so many people asked yesterday: what can we do to stop this from happening again in the future? The following are based…

[hummussexual]

Why US gun laws get looser after mass shootings

For decades, the US Congress failed to make meaningful movement on gun reform in the aftermath of mass shootings. But that weak federal response has obscured another story: that state gun laws change after mass shootings all the time. And a study found that, in Republican-controlled state legislatures, a mass shooting roughly doubles the number of laws loosening gun restrictions in the next year. In this video we look at Texas, where decades of mass shootings in the US have been met with laws that expand gun access. We spoke with Flo Rice, a survivor of the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting, where a gunman killed 10 people. Flo was shot six times. She and her husband, Scot, became advocates for gun safety, and tried to get tighter gun laws passed in Texas. Watch the piece above to see what happened, and what their story reveals about who has power when it comes to gun policy in the US.

SOURCES:

Here’s the 2020 study on gun laws we reference in the video: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence has lots of resources to understand gun laws in the US. We mention that the US has only had a few major federal laws enacted on guns. You can learn more about some of them here: https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-la...

The Texas Tribune has lots of information on the state’s gun laws. Here is one of James Barragán’s recent articles: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/...

The Texas Tribune also has this timeline that helped us develop ours: https://apps.texastribune.org/feature...

The Texas Political Project tracks public opinion on gun laws every few months: ​​https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/poll...

The RAND Corporation has been tracking gun laws across the country in their database: https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TLA24...

OpenSecrets has lots of data and resources on lobbying and political contributions: https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022... 

[avesatanaslangdon]

"This is a protest. In hopes to give this new generation a revolution in the form of an anthem. We are all on the verge of waking up and truly understanding that people should not be afraid of their government, government should be afraid of their people. This is how we feel about the current state of America. We are the new era, United we stand, in search of retribution ​for​ those ​who have been wronged. We are tired of seeing innocent people being gunned down so unbelievably often and still there is no change. How many more innocent people have to die for change to happen? Government and the news share no sort of resolve or actions of change for these problems​. This is why we have chosen to donate proceeds from the single sales to Giffords and March For Our Lives who are on the front line, fighting to tackle the gun violence epidemic our nation currently faces. We encourage our fans to take a look at the incredible work they do and either ​purchase the single, ​donate​ directly​ ​​or learn how to get involved at Giffords.org and MarchForOurLives.com We put forth our creative anger to depict the current state of our civilization. Our protest song is titled 'Massacre, The New American Dream'. It speaks to the fact that there seems to be more kids growing up to become famous for school shootings than famous for anything else in America. “In every Church, School and Synagogue, Virginia to Littleton when will it stop?”. We asked ourselves this question each time we see yet another mass shooting broadcast across our TVs. There is a shadow that looms over this generation, “What is the New American Dream?” To our understanding, “It’s a Massacre”​ but if we unite and work together, we can be the difference!" Join The Revolution - Palaye Royale   (Daniel Curcio, Emerson Barrett, Remington Leith & Sebastian Danzig)

[craiyon-anon]

I generated several images that I liked for the 4th of July, but I would rather not celebrate the 4th because of the sorry state of the US. No images today.

Support a local abortion provider. https://abortionfunds.org/funds/

Support gun reform.

https://bradypac.org/

https://giffords.org/

https://marchforourlives.com/

Register to vote. https://vote.gov/

[frankwolftown]

If you want to fight gun violence in America join one of these groups. No more!

Everytown USA https://www.everytown.org/

Students Demand Action https://studentsdemandaction.org/

Brady United https://www.bradyunited.org/

Giffords https://giffords.org/

Sandyhook Promise https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/

Moms Demand Action https://momsdemandaction.org/

Violence Policy Center https://vpc.org/

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence https://www.csgv.org/ #EndGunViolence #EnoughIsEnough

[elizabethbanks]

I love @gabbygiffords and @shuttlecdrkelly and am grateful to @suzyshuster for hosting these incredible patriots fighting for gun safety - giffords.org - link in bio. PS - thanks for the Pringles in space story

[annelinstatter]

Word to #Arizona: PROTECT KIDS, NOT GUNS ! #guncontrol #guncontrolnowplease🇺🇸🙏🏻🚫❌🔫⚔️ #gabbygiffords giffords.org #sandyhookelementary www.bradyunited.org #gunsofinstagram (at Kingman, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZkArPBpyD/?utm_medium=tumblr

[arttech2018]

Project #1 GIF GALLERY

*CONTENT WARNING*

Hi everyone, the language used in my gif and throughout my post contains personal concerns regarding gun violence. I want to be respectful of everyone’s emotions surrounding this issue, so please do not feel like you have to engage if you do not feel up to it.  

I am haunted by the gun violence taking place in our country’s schools.

It terrifies me to think that, as a teacher, one of my many responsibilities will include planning how to protect my students against an active shooter threat.

Teachers aren’t returning to school to teach their students.

Parents are going home without their children.

Friends are losing their classmates.

Lives are lost and lives are being ruined.

I am angry at how defeated I feel when it comes to policy change.

I try to remind myself that this issue isn’t only about gun access.

But still, we can’t afford to be numbed by the statistics - we need to do better than thoughts and prayers.

I don’t have the answers, and I’m still learning how to get involved and make the most impact from my actions when it comes to preventing gun violence in our schools. At the end of my post I’ve included some resources that I have been utilizing and/or found useful.

In regards to my artistic response, I’ve been thinking a lot about the dual nature of the gif as both a communication tool and a visual form of expression. Its repetitive nature is particularly interesting to me. I want to take advantage of the fact that what I create will essentially be played on a loop – I am really interested to continue to see how can I communicate and reinforce my ideas, expressions, etc. through this medium.

I created this gif using the Animatic app, then uploaded it to giphy.com to add the glitch’d caption. I find the Animatic app the most user-friendly and effective for the things I want to make and the messages I want to relay. I felt like my gif was fully completed when I added the disruptive glitch caption – to me, it calls attention to the question I put forward in the gif.

Resources

How to get involved:

https://giffords.org/

https://everytown.org/act/

https://medium.com/@ChrisMurphyCT/three-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-fight-gun-violence-b666c6f52c5e

How to engage in the classroom:

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/summer-2013/when-bad-things-happen

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/showing-up-strong-for-yourselfand-your-studentsin-the-aftermath-of-violence

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-2016/responding-to-trauma-in-your-classroom

[jillian-duffy]

March For Our Lives

“School safety is not a political issue. There cannot be two sides to doing everything in our power to ensure the lives and futures of children who are at risk of dying when they should be learning, playing, and growing.”

Where do these youth leaders go from here?

I think from here they continue doing exactly what they have been. Speaking out on social media, making pressing speeches, creating movements and taking to the streets, and calling out government inaction. Their choices to challenge key political figures is crucial. In order for these awful crimes to stop, laws have to change. There is evidence that it works. Take for example Australia and the other countries that have changed their gun laws. These teenagers have done an excellent job of gaining public alliance. The public is responsible for getting the right people in office who will actually change our laws. This is a starting point, because changing the political views of those already in office is extremely difficult. What is most admirable and impressive to me is their ability to peacefully and intelligently call to action. Not once have these teens become violent or malicious towards the public or the government. They are well spoken and thoughtful. I think this is why they and other youth activists have been taken so seriously. They peacefully protest and speak up on these pressing issues, and they employ cold hard facts that no one can surpass.

Is the reign of the NRA reaching its twilight moment?

According to an article on Gaby Giffords (the congress woman from Arizona who was shot in the head in 2011) website, “In the span of a year, the NRA’s reputation plummeted and failed to rebound. The NRA is now viewed by half of voters as primarily a political lobbying organization, rather than an organization for gun hobbyists. The group became a major net-negative for those associated”. I’d say that the NRA has reached a twilight moment, but in a negative way. It has been around for decades, but since the March For Our Lives movement, its reputation has become increasingly scrutinized. 40 NRA-backed House of Rep. candidates in the 2018 midterms lost their seats (Gifford).  

Is the tide turning on gun violence in the US?

I think the tide is absolutely turning. Based on some further research, it actually looks as though we have made some strides towards gun safety. “67 gun safety laws were signed into law in 26 states and DC In 2018” (Gifford). Bump stock (the device used to kill 58 and injure more than 500 in the 2017 Las Vegas massacre) regulation support has increased to 73% from 13% (Gifford). Because of young leaders and activists speaking out, the government is moving forward to ban the device. Gun violence became the defining issue in the 2018 elections and newly elected Congress members took action. Take for example H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks act. “It passed the House on February 27—the first piece of gun safety legislation to pass in over a decade"(Gifford). We have major work still do be done, but strides have been made. It is crucial we continue to fight. For more info on how things have changed visit this site:

https://giffords.org/blog/2019/03/7-ways-america-changed-since-the-march-for-our-lives/

Have you become more active on gun violence issues since March for Our Lives?

I’m sad to say no. I am guilty of not paying attention to news or social media. This is completely by choice. I choose to be ignorant of issues facing our nation. I knew all of these things happened, but I didn’t get involved. However, upon inspecting this weeks readings, videos, and further research, my mind has shifted. I realize I've taken my privilege for granted. This is a very serious, life threatening matter that takes a small amount of time to become educated on. It is now on my radar, and I want to become more aware of political and social matters during this coming election. I acknowledge that my voice, opinions, and actions account for change, so I need to get involved if I want to see our country change for the better. It’s exactly the people like me, the inactive, that youth leaders and other activists are working tirelessly to get involved to make the change.

[azspot]

In threatening violence, the president fanned flames of racism and hatred, showing a complete disregard for the lives of Americans, especially Americans of color. He is not a leader and should not be our president. We must beat him at the ballot box in November. Our work does not stop there. We must work to root out racism from our system of policing that too often fails to protect black Americans. Law enforcement accountability and reform will build trust and reduce violence, making a safer and more peaceful country for us all.

Gabrielle Giffords