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Arming policy makers, advocates, and the public with facts about gun violence. Home of the "Armed with Reason” substack. armedwithreason.substack.com gvpedia.org

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Regional Wrap A wrap-up of local gun violence prevention news and stories from across the U.S.

Check out today’s Regional Wrap to get you caught up on gun violence prevention news that might be happening right in your town.

24.02.2026 15:18 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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ICYMI - Dog Shoots Person, Again... Again Another dog-shoots-man story belies the defensive gun use myth

In lieu of any new studies regarding dogs accidentally shooting people— and given the great ratings for the Puppy Bowl — we thought we’d revisit this piece from last November, in case you missed it.
#GVP #MythBustingMonday #gunviolenceawareness #dogs #AccidentalShooting #DGU #DefensiveGunUse

16.02.2026 14:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join Newtown Action Alliance and @gvpedia.bsky.social on Monday February 23rd to repeal gun industry immunity.

RSVP: www.mobilize.us/newtownactio...

15.02.2026 16:46 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Today in #FridayFinds - Our weekly roundup of the latest gun violence prevention news
open.substack.com/.../armedwit...

13.02.2026 14:38 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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ICYMI - Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence Turns 4 An interview with co-founder and survivor, Abbey Cements

In case you missed it, below is our recent interview with @abbeyclements.bsky.social from @teachersunify.bsky.social

12.02.2026 16:14 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Every other week, Armed With Reason brings you the Regional Wrap to get you caught up on gun violence prevention news that might be happening right in your town.
Link: open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...

10.02.2026 16:36 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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GVPanorama - Self-Defense Made Millionaire How Tim Schmidt turned the United States Concealed Carry Association into a web of businesses and lobbying

This re-post, from our colleagues at Guns Down America, is a deep dive into the weird world of the insurance company/gun lobby group, United States Concealed Carry Association.
@gunsdownamerica.bsky.social

09.02.2026 15:18 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Today in #FridayFinds at armedwithreason.substack.com Federal GVP Cuts Fallout; Gun Ownership Debate; and more. open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...

06.02.2026 16:10 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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GVPanorama - Restrictive Gun Laws Result in Fewer School Shootings Responses to this public health crisis remain mired in political polarization

Our trusted colleague David Riedman, PhD — of the K-12 School Shooting Database — recently co-authored this new report from the Journal of Social Science & Medicine that “analyzes 20 years of school shootings with an index value measuring changes in state gun laws over time.”
@k12ssdb.bsky.social

04.02.2026 19:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This Is National Gun Violence Survivors Week Survivor stories from the annals of Armed with Reason

February 1-7 is National Gun Violence Survivors Week.
Below are some harrowing but ultimately inspiring stories of survival that we’ve shared on Armed with Reason.
#nationalgunviolencesurvivorsweek #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #SurvivorStories @teachersunify.bsky.social #sandyhook #columbine #CVI

03.02.2026 14:38 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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02.02.2026 15:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence Turns 4 An interview with co-founder and survivor, Abbey Cements

December, 2025, marked the 4th birthday for the educator-focused GVP group, Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence. Check out our new interview with co-founder and Sandy Hook survivor, Abbey Clements. @teachersunify.bsky.social
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #teachers #SandyHook

02.02.2026 15:30 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Today in #FridayFinds - Our weekly roundup of the latest gun violence prevention news... @thetrace.org #CVI #HospitalViolenceIntervention #Minneapolis #AlexPretti and more...
armedwithreason.substack.com/p/friday-fin...

30.01.2026 21:41 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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29.01.2026 23:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Throwback Thursday: The NRA’s Dream of a “Polite Society” is Killing Us Does anyone honestly feel safer now than they did at the beginning of this 2025?

This seemed a good time to revisit this AWR article from October, 2025. Once again, we must stand back from the chaos for a second and ask the simple question: Does anyone honestly feel safer now than they did at the beginning of Trump’s second term?

Photos By Michael Nigro

29.01.2026 16:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What to Know Before Buying a Gun Our desperate times have created concerned reactions, so here's a firearm factsheet to consider if you're pondering gun ownership

Our desperate times have created concerned reactions, so here's a firearm factsheet we've created to consider if you're pondering gun ownership.
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gunownership #MythBusting #selfdefense

27.01.2026 17:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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ICYMI: Dear Women, Three Things to Consider Before Buying a Gun Facts prove that guns don't make us safer. Here's why.

Given the increasingly invasive, authoritarian tactics of the Trump administration — most notably concerning ICE raids — a debate has been brewing online within traditionally left wing spaces around the need for gun ownership. It seemed a good time to revisit this original AWR piece from Nov, 2024.

26.01.2026 18:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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In recent weeks we’ve been hearing stories of traditionally progressive folks considering buying a gun for the first time out of fear of current events. While those fears are completely understandable, we wanted to share this fact sheet that we've created to serve as a conversation starter…

23.01.2026 19:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Friday Finds Our weekly roundup of the latest gun violence prevention news

Check out this week’s #FridayFinds for recent gun violence prevention news you might have missed during your busy week- Trump Effect on GVP - One Year In; Mass Shooting Stats; Ghost Guns Study; and more…

23.01.2026 18:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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What the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Reveals About Our Gun Culture When "obvious" self-defense narratives race ahead of the law

“When public discourse treats lethal force as the presumptive explanation for violent encounters, it reshapes how people interpret their own actions…”
Check out the latest from GVPedia’s
@devinlhughes.bsky.social

22.01.2026 16:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives.
Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car...
All proceeds benefit GVPedia.

22.01.2026 00:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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"The Myths We Carry" Book Contest Winners And a recent interview with author, Devin Hughes

We’ve got the winners of signed copies of "The Myths We Carry" — check out an interview with author and GVPedia founder, Devin Hughes.
#themythswecarry #MythBusting #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gundebate

21.01.2026 20:32 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Research Rewind A compendium of the latest studies on gun violence

A prime directive of GVPedia is to continually search for and compile the latest peer-reviewed academic and scientific studies and reports related to gun violence. Check out the December 2025 Research Rewind.

20.01.2026 22:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Friday Finds Our weekly roundup of the latest gun violence prevention news

On Fridays we highlight articles and videos from the gun violence prevention realm that might’ve been missed during your busy week.

16.01.2026 17:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives.
Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car...
All proceeds benefit GVPedia.

16.01.2026 16:50 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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GVPanorama - I Took My Toddler To Chuck E. Cheese For Fun. I Left With A Deeper Understanding Of Gun Violence. "Normalized as thrilling, packaged as entertainment."

"Today’s re-post is an essay from HuffPost on the subtle ways our children are sucked into the power dynamics of gun play early on in life.... “

15.01.2026 04:14 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Check out Armed with Reason's latest Regional Wrap:
open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...

14.01.2026 01:28 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0