Research and Statistics
Links to statistics on gun violence in Georgia and scientific articles on what measures help reduce gun violence rates
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Georgia stats and figures
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Everytown State Rankings https://everytownresearch.org/rankings/
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Everytown Georgia Stat Sheet https://everystat.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Gun-Violence-in-Georgia-2.pdf
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Giffords Scorecard https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/states/georgia/
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Research on firearm injury and death in the US, supporting evidence for the impact of safe storage, red-flag and universal background check measures
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Overview of gun violence statistics in US https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/#:~:text=The FBI found an increase,gun murders in the U.S.?
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Analysis of firearm safety laws https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27842178/
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Rand Corporation Meta-Analysis of Safe Storage Laws https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/child-access-prevention.html
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Impact of safe storage practices https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2733158
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Firearms as leading cause of death in children in U.S.
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https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/#:~:text=Provisional CDC data from 2022,third year in a row.
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Polling on common gun violence prevention measures show near universal support for universal background checks and general support for more restrictions on purchases
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American Public Media https://www.apmresearchlab.org/motn/americans-views-on-gun-policy-background-checks-assault-weapons-bans-second-amendment
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Johns Hopkins School of Public Health https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun-violence-solutions/research-reports/americans-agree-on-effective-gun-policy-more-than-were-led-to-believe
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Quinnipiac University https://poll.qu.edu/Poll-Release?releaseid=3848
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