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State Firearm Mortality Explorer

Part of RAND’s Gun Policy in America project, this tool provides users with information about the distribution of firearms deaths across states and demographic subgroups, and how those deaths might be affected by the implementation of a set of common state firearm laws.
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Explore how rates of firearm deaths have changed in the past four decades and how the pattern differs among states.
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Andrew Morral, codirector of the RAND Gun Policy in America initiative, has been selected to serve as the inaugural Greenwald Family Chair in Gun Policy.
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effects of State Firearm Laws: A Systematic Review Subgroup Analysis

In this systematic review, we synthesized available evidence on the extent to which firearm policies produce differential effects by race and ethnicity on injury, recreational or defensive gun use, and gun ownership or purchasing behaviors.
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When Mass Shooters Are Seeking Fame

What motivates mass shooters? And what might break the cycle of violence? Developing an effective policy response first requires better understanding of the factors that drive would-be attackers to kill.
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1 in 5 Teachers Feel Carrying Gun to Class Would Make Schools Safer; More Than Half Think Armed Teachers Would Make Students Less Safe

U.S. teachers are divided on whether arming themselves would make schools safer, with one in five saying they would be interested in carrying a gun to school.
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Teachers' Views on School Safety: Consensus on Many Security Measures, But Stark Division About Arming Teachers

RAND researchers used survey responses from the American Teacher Panel to learn what teachers think about school safety, including what they think about policies that would allow teachers to carry firearms in schools.
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Methodological Challenges for Research on Racial Bias in Police Shootings

Methodological and data challenges for studying racial bias in police shootings in the United States and and future directions for research to address these issues.
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Online Tool Allows State-by-State Analysis of Firearm Policies and Death Rates

States in the northeast and the coastal west region of the United States have among the lowest firearm death rates in the nation, while states in the south and mountain west have firearm death rates that are especially high.
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State Firearm Laws and Suicide Prevention

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Addressing Gun Violence Requires Better Means of Measuring It

Proposals to reduce firearm violence in the United States are often controversial, sometimes because there are no data demonstrating their effectiveness. The federal government has many of the requisite tools in place to collect the data, and it does it well on a wide range of other problems. Shying away from measuring this problem may also make it more difficult to fix it.

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