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A lot of brouhaha in the #gunviolence world about this well-reported article showing that @CDCgov data on the number of NON-FATAL gun injuries is not accurate. fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-c…
I want to highlight a few things about this article.
I want to highlight a few things about this article.
1. First, kudos to the writers for highlighting an issue that all of us #gunviolence researchers bemoan: that there are NO GOOD SOURCES OF DATA on non-fatal gun injuries. As the article reports, even the CDC admits that its data on #gunviolence injuries are unreliable. 
2. Please note that this issue is not unique to #gunviolence non-fatal injuries. It’s also observed for other types of injuries (like drownings).
It’s because of the way that the CDC is forced to collect non-fatal-injury data.
It’s because of the way that the CDC is forced to collect non-fatal-injury data.
This happened 3 blocks from my house.
The Wife shops at this store weekly.
She teaches two blocks away.
This should've been national news--5 people shot in broad daylight on a busy shopping avenue just blocks from 2 schools.
Oh--but we live in a black neighborhood, so...🦗🦗🦗
The Wife shops at this store weekly.
She teaches two blocks away.
This should've been national news--5 people shot in broad daylight on a busy shopping avenue just blocks from 2 schools.
Oh--but we live in a black neighborhood, so...🦗🦗🦗
This store is on a main avenue with small shops, market, mosque.
2 blocks up, K-12 school.
3 blocks in the other direction, an elementary school.
This happened when school was letting out.
No national news coverage.
Black neighborhood, news blackout.
2 blocks up, K-12 school.
3 blocks in the other direction, an elementary school.
This happened when school was letting out.
No national news coverage.
Black neighborhood, news blackout.
Five people shot is a mass shooting by FBI/law enforcement standards.
If this were a white neighborhood with a mass shooting mid-afternoon when schools were letting out, it would have been a headline on all three networks on the evening news.
It wasn't.
#GUNviolence
If this were a white neighborhood with a mass shooting mid-afternoon when schools were letting out, it would have been a headline on all three networks on the evening news.
It wasn't.
#GUNviolence
#AalayahEastmond giving this testimony should give all America pause.
This is one of our children detailing a story we hear from seasoned military.
It's gutting, it's horrific, it's untenable.
Yet #Kavanaugh says that these weapons should be available to all.
#KavanaughHearings
This is one of our children detailing a story we hear from seasoned military.
It's gutting, it's horrific, it's untenable.
Yet #Kavanaugh says that these weapons should be available to all.
#KavanaughHearings
"Remember all victims of #gunviolence....If Judge #Kavanaugh doesn't have the decency to shake the hand of the father of a victim of gun violence, he won't have the decency to protect us from gun violence."--#AalayahEastmond, #Parkland shooting survivor
#KavanaughHearings
#KavanaughHearings
ICYMI #AayalahEastmond, #Parkland survivor:
"If the youth across the country can fight to eradicate gun violence, why can't judges, lawmakers and Donald Trump understand that young people are dying from this senseless gun violence?"
"If the youth across the country can fight to eradicate gun violence, why can't judges, lawmakers and Donald Trump understand that young people are dying from this senseless gun violence?"
@CaptainsLog2O18 @1IronMan2018 @StormResist @LunaLuvgood2017 @TheSWPrincess @1WarMachine2018 @1Jedi_Rey @BatmanResist @OriginalJLP @Elastigirl2018 @DanaScottLO @WillowResist @DavidYankovich @ScarletAvengers @catikins9 @ezralevin @B52Malmet @kathyhoffman_az @jarringcreation @JCTheResistance @DC_Resister_Bee @JanuaryAZ @2HawkEye2018 @GinnyRED57 @natasharesists @azmfol @indivisiblephx @IndivisibleofAZ @New2018World 1/ uhh, how many characters does Twitter have??
Ok, seriously. In 2004, my fiance and I were both shot in a still-unsolved random shooting. We both survived our injuries but they were life-altering.
Ok, seriously. In 2004, my fiance and I were both shot in a still-unsolved random shooting. We both survived our injuries but they were life-altering.
@CaptainsLog2O18 @1IronMan2018 @StormResist @LunaLuvgood2017 @TheSWPrincess @1WarMachine2018 @1Jedi_Rey @BatmanResist @OriginalJLP @Elastigirl2018 @DanaScottLO @WillowResist @DavidYankovich @ScarletAvengers @catikins9 @ezralevin @B52Malmet @kathyhoffman_az @jarringcreation @JCTheResistance @DC_Resister_Bee @JanuaryAZ @2HawkEye2018 @GinnyRED57 @natasharesists @azmfol @indivisiblephx @IndivisibleofAZ @New2018World 2/ I sustained a spinal cord injury, so now I'm paralyzed and use a wheelchair full-time. He was shot in the head so now he's blind and has a significant brain injury. In that split second we became just TWO of the more than 300 people shot every day in the US
@CaptainsLog2O18 @1IronMan2018 @StormResist @LunaLuvgood2017 @TheSWPrincess @1WarMachine2018 @1Jedi_Rey @BatmanResist @OriginalJLP @Elastigirl2018 @DanaScottLO @WillowResist @DavidYankovich @ScarletAvengers @catikins9 @ezralevin @B52Malmet @kathyhoffman_az @jarringcreation @JCTheResistance @DC_Resister_Bee @JanuaryAZ @2HawkEye2018 @GinnyRED57 @natasharesists @azmfol @indivisiblephx @IndivisibleofAZ @New2018World 3/ I was disenrolled from my health care coverage while I was in a coma. So, in order to survive and take care of the two of us, I had to fight -- for everything. From a wheelchair to needed therapies. That taught me a lot.
(1/11) When I say..."The people closest to the pain, should be the closest to the power, driving & informing the policymaking..." THIS is what I mean. (A) When I wanted to break cycles of #poverty by strengthening pathways to #graduation, preventing #dropout #MA7
(2/11) for expectant & #parenting #teens, (still the #1 reason girls drop out, even with unplanned pregnancies on the decline) I invited them to the table to share their stories, struggles & to inform the #BPS policy we developed to better support them.
(3/11) (B) When I wanted to better understand why we were seeing an increase in #bicyclist & motor vehicle collisions, I contacted @bostonbikeunion I invited them to share their stories & struggles, 4 hrgs later, we had a crash data report & the 1st sideguard ord. in the country
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Today I'm thinking about the five Maryland families who went to bed last night without their loved one. I'm thinking about the good people at @capgaznews who've lost dear friends and colleagues. My heart hurts for them. Yesterday's shooting in Annapolis was a gut punch.
Today I'm thinking about the five Maryland families who went to bed last night without their loved one. I'm thinking about the good people at @capgaznews who've lost dear friends and colleagues. My heart hurts for them. Yesterday's shooting in Annapolis was a gut punch.
I want to thank Anne Arundel County Police and all the first responders who rushed headlong into danger to save others' lives yesterday. This tragedy could have been even worse without their quick action. And I'm grateful to @ATFHQ and @FBI for assisting officers at the scene.
But today, I am also thinking about how condolences are inadequate. It is a tragedy that this cycle of #GunViolence continues to play itself out, over and over again, while lawmakers offer thoughts and prayers instead of action. This cycle must end, and it must end with us.
My “NO” to a #SCOTUS nominee until after the election is an act of radical love:
This no is a “yes” for my mother and my mother-in-law and my sisters and my daughters, so they can access the health care they need.
This no is a yes for immigrants and their children.
After The March: A youth led townhall in Miami Dade addressing neighborhood gun violence.
Aliyah says there are clear neighborhood divides when it comes to gun violence. The people in Miami Beach can walk to Publix at 3 a.m. @WLRN #gunviolence
Aliyah says there are clear neighborhood divides when it comes to gun violence. The people in Miami Beach can walk to Publix at 3 a.m. @WLRN #gunviolence
One teen says he contemplates his own mortality after his step brother was shot. He says "that's trauma."
Janvier one of the teens addresses several of the police officers in the audience. He tells them their presence in his community does not make him feel safe because of police brutality and police violence in black communities.
It has been 4 days since a shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland.
Jaelynn Wiley, 16, lost her life.
This is why we #MarchForOurLives
#EnoughIsEnough!
#NeverAgain!
#GunControlNow!
@Everytown @AMarch4OurLives @Emma4Change @davidhogg111
Jaelynn Wiley, 16, lost her life.
This is why we #MarchForOurLives
#EnoughIsEnough!
#NeverAgain!
#GunControlNow!
@Everytown @AMarch4OurLives @Emma4Change @davidhogg111
It has been 17 days since a shooting at Huffman High School in Birmingham, AL.
Courtlin Arrington, 17, lost her life.
This is why we #MarchForOurLives
Courtlin Arrington, 17, lost her life.
This is why we #MarchForOurLives
It has been 38 days since a shooting at #MSD High School in parkland, FL.
Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
Martin Duque Anguiano, 14
Nicholas Dworet, 17
Aaron Feis, 37
Jamie Guttenberg, 14
Christopher Hixon, 49
Luke Hoyer, 15
Cara Loughran, 14
Gina Montalto, 14
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Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
Martin Duque Anguiano, 14
Nicholas Dworet, 17
Aaron Feis, 37
Jamie Guttenberg, 14
Christopher Hixon, 49
Luke Hoyer, 15
Cara Loughran, 14
Gina Montalto, 14
1/2
My take on the new #omnibus bill, as it relates to #gunviolence:
1) The fixes to NICS (the background check system) are long overdue. I hope that they will be implemented well. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
1) The fixes to NICS (the background check system) are long overdue. I hope that they will be implemented well. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
2) I am glad that Congress clarified what CDC, NIH, and NIJ have long known: the "Dickey amendment" doesn't ban research per se. (Cf this article I wrote with @EmmyBetz & Wintemute 2 years ago: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…)
3) HOWEVER: this clarification does **nothing** to fix the lack of research. We need appropriations. Want to know more about why this clarification is meaningless (and may even be harmful)? Read here: npr.org/sections/healt…
THREAD: With #MarchForOurLives around the corner, I've been thinking about the amazing teen activists. It reminds me of the true story of a badass average teenage girl who single-handedly took on an insanely popular but powerfully misogynist asshole in 1615.
2. So there was this guy in England, a real man's man named Joseph Swetnam. The guy was scary. He literally write the book on fencing and was thought to have taught the most powerful men in the kingdom how to fight. He was really into weapons. You just didn't mess with this guy.
3. The guy hated women. He wrote a terrible tract called The Arraignment of Women in 1615. In it he said terrible things like a dead wife isn't worth crying over, women should be beaten, all women are [insert animal here], etc. He published it anonymously. It went viral.
Over the past 2 days, hundreds of doctors have shared heartbreaking accounts of how #gunviolence is a #publichealth issue. These are the stories of #docs4gunsense ... May their words make a difference.
@choo_ek @physicianwomen @darakass @gitapensa
@choo_ek @physicianwomen @darakass @gitapensa
The result of a bullet ricocheting inside the skull and destroying the brain on CT scan. The worst trauma I have seen. GUNS ARE A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE – Gen Geller MD, NY #docs4gunsense @drgenngeller
The damage a bullet does to a 1 year old brain as it ricochets back and for. The guilt the family feels. The sadness we all feel.
Melissa Miller MD, Missouri
Peds EM #docs4gunsense
Melissa Miller MD, Missouri
Peds EM #docs4gunsense
THREAD: When @realDonaldTrump and @HouseGOP say they’re concerned about the role of #mentalhealth in #gunviolence, or that we should better enforce the laws we already have, they are lying.
rolled back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with #mentalhealth issues to buy guns. The Obama administration predicted it would have added about 75k names to the background-check database.
The Affordable Care Act repeal that @realDonaldTrump and @HouseGOP tried to jam through last year would’ve gutted #mentalhealth care access for millions of Americans.
Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act #HR38 is being voted on in the House tomorrow.
CONTACT YOUR REP and tell them to VOTE NO!
#StopCCR
The GOP members of House Judiciary Committee voted down every single suggested Dem Amendment to the Bill.
#GunViolence
See THREAD for the Amendments
CONTACT YOUR REP and tell them to VOTE NO!
#StopCCR
The GOP members of House Judiciary Committee voted down every single suggested Dem Amendment to the Bill.
#GunViolence
See THREAD for the Amendments
1. An amendment offered by Mr. Nadler to prohibit
individuals convicted of any violent crime, including
misdemeanors, from carrying a concealed firearm was defeated by
a roll call vote of 12 to 15.
#HR38
#GunViolence
#StopCCR
individuals convicted of any violent crime, including
misdemeanors, from carrying a concealed firearm was defeated by
a roll call vote of 12 to 15.
#HR38
#GunViolence
#StopCCR
2. An amendment offered by Mr. Deutch to allow a state to
prohibit the carrying of a concealed firearm on private
property was defeated by a roll call vote of 10 to 14.
#HR38
#GunViolence
#StopCCR
prohibit the carrying of a concealed firearm on private
property was defeated by a roll call vote of 10 to 14.
#HR38
#GunViolence
#StopCCR
Hi, #GunSense crowd? I'd like to help you if I could. Let's take a walk, shall we? Here we go: I am a #2A Defender and #ConcealedCarry advocate - WAIT, DON'T RUN AWAY!!!! - but I would also like to end #GunViolence and promote #GunSafety. You alright!? Still with me? Okay.
The realistic way to do this, while protecting our #2A right to keep & bear arms (#RKBA) is to fix and enforce the gun laws already on the books. There should also be harsher penalties for people who 'lie & try' as well as felons found in possession of a weapon. Still good? Good.
We would also fix the background check system (NICS) - FIX, NOT CHANGE - and we know that teaching small children what to do if they ever come across a gun and promoting gun safety to older children PREVENTS accidents, so we'd like to do that, too.
With 33,000 Americans dying every year/1 #DemPartyPlatform#GunViolence #GunReform
Democrats believe that we must finally take sensible action to address gun violence/2 #DemsWork4USA
While responsible gun ownership is part of the fabric of many communities/3 #DemFuture
I agree that the CDC should be allowed to study #gunviolence but disagree strongly with this headline 1/n washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…
Gun violence research has not, in fact, been shut down for 20 years. Here are some studies that were done during that time: 2/n
Duggan, Hjalmarsson, and Jacob (2011) — “The short-term and localized effect of gun shows: Evidence from CA and TX” mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.116… 
I'm going to briefly explain why this meme about gun ownership & #GunViolence is wrong.
<short thread>
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1. The ⬇️ in gun homicides reflects an overall drop in violent crime over the same time period due to many factors unrelated to # of guns.
2. In fact, the drop in gun homicide rates has not kept pace with the overall drop in violent crime during the same period.
While we keep #LasVegas in our thoughts and learn more about the shooter let's remember some things we already know about #GUNviolence
Since 1970 more Americans have died from #GUNviolence than in all wars dating back to the American Revolution /2
Every day, some 92 Americans die from guns /3
