Curbing Gun Violence: Strategies for Change

Nearly 40,000 people died from gun-related injuries in the U.S. in 2017 — the most in 20 years. And while mass shootings grab headlines, they account for a small part of gun-related murders in the country. Urban gun violence remains a tremendous — and too often overlooked — burden on underserved communities. And suicides persist as accounting for the majority of U.S. gun deaths. As the seventh anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting approached, this Forum event examined contrasting facets of gun violence in America. Seeking to move the discussion past partisan debates, panelists grappled with ways to prevent gun violence in the most impacted communities and offer key, actionable steps that we can take now to reduce gun violence in the U.S. This Forum event was presented jointly with HuffPost on December 11, 2019. Watch the entire series: https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/ Read the transcript: https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/curbing-gun-violence/