Forecasting U.S. Firearm Stock Growth by 2034

Forecasting U.S. Firearm Stock Growth by 2034

Dave Humphreys, led a study estimating the growth of the U.S. civilian firearm stock, projecting an increase from 378 million firearms in 2022 to 565 million by 2034 under current trends. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, highlights how modest increases in...
Researching Safe Firearm Storage to Keep Children Safe

Researching Safe Firearm Storage to Keep Children Safe

Katie Hoskins, with co-investigators Joel Fein, and Dorothy Novick, leads a new study funded by a $3.2 million NINR grant. This five-year project at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) scales out the S.A.F.E. Firearm intervention, promoting secure firearm...

Evidence-Based Approaches to Preventing Firearm Deaths

Terry Richmond and Jo Richardson were part of a virtual seminar of top experts convened by the University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard David Institute of Health Economics (LDI) and co-sponsored by the Penn Injury Science Center, discussing the rising public health crisis...
We Do Know How to Curb Gun Violence

We Do Know How to Curb Gun Violence

The executive director of PHILLY TRUCE, a community partner of the Penn Community Violence Prevention program, wrote an op-ed on their program’s success in reducing gun violence and the lack of recognition and support that is all too common for community-based...