Photo by Marcel Strauß on Unsplash) By Dave Iverson, Colorado Ceasefire Board member After a mass shooting event, we often hear that America doesn’t have a gun problem, we have a mental health problem. The facts are more nuanced. People with mental illness who commit gun violence capture an inordinate amount of media attention, and
A new Everytown for Gun Safety report brings chilling news about Intimate Partner Homicide-Suicide: From 2014 to 2020, more than 5,450 women were killed by an intimate partner. In one in three of these instances, the perpetrator then died by suicide themself. A firearm was used in 85 percent of all incidents of IPHS, killing
This week, Colorado Ceasefire Outreach is holding workshops with North High School students, discussing how gun violence shows up in their lives and what they can do to make their communities safer. We expect to reach around 180 kids with the gun violence prevention message. Find out how you can request a workshop at your
Issue 13 of Vital City (A New York City-focused online journal) digs into the gun crisis from the supply side—how many guns are out there in the U.S., why, and what can be done about it? It’s a thorough and outstanding package, well worth the read, which includes examinations of gun culture, the evolution of
NPR Great piece from National Public Radio about gun violence in America—including political gun violence. The good news: gun homicides overall are down since the pandemic, but school shootings and political violence are both up. As always, suicide is the leading cause of gun deaths in the U.S., and most mass-shooting incidents stem from a
A possible Northern California high school shooting was prevented thanks to a report sent into a tip line created by Sandy Hook Promise, the organization said. The incident was the 19th planned school attack that has been verified as prevented by Sandy Hook Promise programs, they said: “All of those 19 communities were saved from
Jackson Emery/Unsplash Chilling editorial in Newsweek after last week’s Evergreen shooting: Stanford Researchers analyzed 25 years of campaign finance data alongside every fatal K-12 school shooting since 2000. After fatal school shootings, pro-gun PAC contributions to House candidates in the affected district rise by over 30 percent. When the shooting occurs near an election, contributions
Many questions remain after the Sept. 10 shootings at Evergreen High School, such as where the shooter obtained the weapon. While there’s been no new word from the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office, the community is beginning the healing process. Last week, Colorado Ceasefire shared ways you can help, which we will repeat here. Everyone can do
NPR ran a fascinating piece on the multibillion-dollar industry that has grown up around school security. Bullet-proof whiteboards, drones, stop the bleed kits for classrooms—school districts are now among the biggest purchasers of such items. But experts say we can’t buy our way to safer schools, and point to intervention programs and stronger gun laws
As summer comes to a close (sigh), we want to highlight all of the trainings, workshops, and gun lock distributions YOU have helped us support over the past three months: Tabling and Gun Lock Distributions: Email us at info@coloradoceasefire.org if you’re interested in any of our free workshops, trainings, or gun lock distributions. We would
