Preventing Gun Violence & Reducing Trauma in the United States

As National Gun Violence Survivor’s Awareness Week 2023 comes to a close today, sadly the trauma doesn’t end. Learn more about how to reduce trauma…

Preventing Gun Violence & Reducing Trauma in the United States

As National Gun Violence Survivor’s Awareness Week 2023 comes to a close today, sadly the trauma doesn’t end. Learn more about how to reduce trauma…

As National Gun Violence Survivor’s Awareness Week 2023 comes to a close today, sadly the trauma doesn’t end. Learn more about how to reduce trauma in survivors, victims and witnesses; coping with mass shootings; understanding gun violence and more. Dr. Susan B. Sorenson Professor and Senior Fellow in Public Health at the University of Pennsylvania states, “Shootings, even when no one is injured, reverberate throughout a community, increasing fear and mistrust, which motivate more people to obtain guns,” Dr. Sorenson says. “It’s a loop we need to break.”

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    Feb 19 2023

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  • Dissatisfaction with Current U.S. Gun Laws Hits a New High, Poll Shows

    Feb 16 2023

    A new Gallup Poll finds 63% of respondents are not happy with our nation’s gun laws and policies. In fact, both Republicans and Democrats survey…

  • A retired editorial director of the Cleveland Plain Dealer asks “Why are our elected leaders so blind to the scourge of gun deaths?”

    Feb 12 2023

    Brent Larkin writes in an opinion piece: “Daily gun deaths have turned the United States into a killing field, a country far more dangerous than…

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