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Two were shot. Others lost family or friends. All know that change is possible.

"We're not going to solve violence by arresting everyone."

Smarter policies and better policing offer the best ways to stem the latest surge in gun deaths.

Firearms flow from states with weak gun laws to states with strong ones.

Arrests and incarceration won’t stop urban gun violence. Instead, a growing number of researchers say community violence prevention is the most promising solution.

Four evidence-based strategies target the main drivers of gun violence.

Simulations can help put the “good guy with a gun” argument to the test.

Most doctors are bad at talking about guns. New training could change that.

Reducing the number of mass shootings and related deaths requires limiting access to weapons that facilitate them.

States with purchaser licensing laws see fewer firearm homicides and suicides.

In states where these laws are in place, it is critical to ensure that this important policy is known and used so violence can be stopped before it happens. 

State handgun purchaser licensing laws—which go beyond federal background checks—appear to be highly effective at reducing firearm homicide and suicide rates.

A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research at JHSPH finds that broad “stop-and-search” practices used for many years by Baltimore police to look for illegally possessed guns have minimal, if any, impact on gun violence.

Researchers share the background, findings, and takeaways from a report on the enforcement of gun laws in Baltimore.

A new online map guides firearm owners to locations for voluntary, temporary gun storage.