Member-Compiled Resources for Engaging Gun Violence

• General Sources
  
• https://www.gunviolencearchive.org | contains statistics and trends
• https://everytownsupportfund.org/ | wide-ranging resources and analysis
• https://www.bradyunited.org/ | wide-ranging resources with particular emphasis on the effects of gun violence on Black and Brown communities
• https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/ | wide-ranging resources on law, race, police violence, and other related issues
• https://efsgv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EFSGV-The-Root-Causes-of-Gun-Violence-March-2020.pdf | summary analysis with intersectional resources
• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/health/guns-homicides-suicides-cdc.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/gun-violence
• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/health/cdc-gun-violence-pandemic.html
• John Gramlich, “What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.” (April 26, 2023) https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s

• Topic-specific resources
  
• On religion and gun violence
• https://www.americanprogress.org/article/religious-organizations-are-integral-to-the-fight-against-gun-violence/
• https://guides.library.vts.edu/c.php?g=945662&p=7006082 | library guide to various books
• https://faithandleadership.com/how-should-christian-leaders-respond-gun-violence | collected resources from Duke Divinity
• On race and gun violence
• https://giffords.org/lawcenter/memo/gun-violence-in-black-communities/
• https://www.bradyunited.org/issue/gun-violence-is-a-racial-justice-issue
• https://everytownresearch.org/issue/gun-violence-black-americans
• https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gun-violence-disproportionatel
• https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7042a6.htmy-and-overwhelmingly-hurts-communities-of-color/
• Community-led Public Safety 
• https://everytownresearch.org/report/community-led-public-safety-strategies/
• https://harvardlawreview.org/forum/vol-135/race-and-guns-courts-and-democracy/

• Theological sources for reflecting on violence
  
• Margaret R. Pfeil and Tobias L. Winright, eds. Violence, Transformation, and the Sacred: “They Shall Be Called Children of God,” College Theology Society Annual Volume 57 (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2012).
• Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris: On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity, and Liberty (April 11, 1963). https://www.vatican.va/content/john-xxiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_11041963_pacem.html
• Pope Saint John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae: On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life (March 25, 1995). https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae.html
• Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship (Oct. 3, 2020). https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html