GVPedia
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Arming policy makers, advocates, and the public with facts about gun violence.
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Home of the "Armed with Reason” substack.
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Today in #FridayFinds at armedwithreason.substack.com Federal GVP Cuts Fallout; Gun Ownership Debate; and more. open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Today in #FridayFinds at armedwithreason.substack.com Federal GVP Cuts Fallout; Gun Ownership Debate; and more. open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...
Our trusted colleague David Riedman, PhD — of the K-12 School Shooting Database — recently co-authored this new report from the Journal of Social Science & Medicine that “analyzes 20 years of school shootings with an index value measuring changes in state gun laws over time.”
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GVPanorama - Restrictive Gun Laws Result in Fewer School Shootings
Responses to this public health crisis remain mired in political polarization
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Our trusted colleague David Riedman, PhD — of the K-12 School Shooting Database — recently co-authored this new report from the Journal of Social Science & Medicine that “analyzes 20 years of school shootings with an index value measuring changes in state gun laws over time.”
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@k12ssdb.bsky.social
February 1-7 is National Gun Violence Survivors Week.
Below are some harrowing but ultimately inspiring stories of survival that we’ve shared on Armed with Reason.
#nationalgunviolencesurvivorsweek #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #SurvivorStories @teachersunify.bsky.social #sandyhook #columbine #CVI
Below are some harrowing but ultimately inspiring stories of survival that we’ve shared on Armed with Reason.
#nationalgunviolencesurvivorsweek #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #SurvivorStories @teachersunify.bsky.social #sandyhook #columbine #CVI
This Is National Gun Violence Survivors Week
Survivor stories from the annals of Armed with Reason
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February 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
February 1-7 is National Gun Violence Survivors Week.
Below are some harrowing but ultimately inspiring stories of survival that we’ve shared on Armed with Reason.
#nationalgunviolencesurvivorsweek #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #SurvivorStories @teachersunify.bsky.social #sandyhook #columbine #CVI
Below are some harrowing but ultimately inspiring stories of survival that we’ve shared on Armed with Reason.
#nationalgunviolencesurvivorsweek #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #SurvivorStories @teachersunify.bsky.social #sandyhook #columbine #CVI
December, 2025, marked the 4th birthday for the educator-focused GVP group, Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence. Check out our new interview with co-founder and Sandy Hook survivor, Abbey Clements. @teachersunify.bsky.social
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #teachers #SandyHook
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #teachers #SandyHook
Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence Turns 4
An interview with co-founder and survivor, Abbey Cements
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February 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
December, 2025, marked the 4th birthday for the educator-focused GVP group, Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence. Check out our new interview with co-founder and Sandy Hook survivor, Abbey Clements. @teachersunify.bsky.social
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #teachers #SandyHook
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #teachers #SandyHook
Today in #FridayFinds - Our weekly roundup of the latest gun violence prevention news... @thetrace.org #CVI #HospitalViolenceIntervention #Minneapolis #AlexPretti and more...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Today in #FridayFinds - Our weekly roundup of the latest gun violence prevention news... @thetrace.org #CVI #HospitalViolenceIntervention #Minneapolis #AlexPretti and more...
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This seemed a good time to revisit this AWR article from October, 2025. Once again, we must stand back from the chaos for a second and ask the simple question: Does anyone honestly feel safer now than they did at the beginning of Trump’s second term?
Photos By Michael Nigro
Photos By Michael Nigro
Throwback Thursday: The NRA’s Dream of a “Polite Society” is Killing Us
Does anyone honestly feel safer now than they did at the beginning of this 2025?
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January 29, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This seemed a good time to revisit this AWR article from October, 2025. Once again, we must stand back from the chaos for a second and ask the simple question: Does anyone honestly feel safer now than they did at the beginning of Trump’s second term?
Photos By Michael Nigro
Photos By Michael Nigro
Our desperate times have created concerned reactions, so here's a firearm factsheet we've created to consider if you're pondering gun ownership.
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gunownership #MythBusting #selfdefense
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gunownership #MythBusting #selfdefense
What to Know Before Buying a Gun
Our desperate times have created concerned reactions, so here's a firearm factsheet to consider if you're pondering gun ownership
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January 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Our desperate times have created concerned reactions, so here's a firearm factsheet we've created to consider if you're pondering gun ownership.
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gunownership #MythBusting #selfdefense
#GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gunownership #MythBusting #selfdefense
Given the increasingly invasive, authoritarian tactics of the Trump administration — most notably concerning ICE raids — a debate has been brewing online within traditionally left wing spaces around the need for gun ownership. It seemed a good time to revisit this original AWR piece from Nov, 2024.
ICYMI: Dear Women, Three Things to Consider Before Buying a Gun
Facts prove that guns don't make us safer. Here's why.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Given the increasingly invasive, authoritarian tactics of the Trump administration — most notably concerning ICE raids — a debate has been brewing online within traditionally left wing spaces around the need for gun ownership. It seemed a good time to revisit this original AWR piece from Nov, 2024.
In recent weeks we’ve been hearing stories of traditionally progressive folks considering buying a gun for the first time out of fear of current events. While those fears are completely understandable, we wanted to share this fact sheet that we've created to serve as a conversation starter…
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
In recent weeks we’ve been hearing stories of traditionally progressive folks considering buying a gun for the first time out of fear of current events. While those fears are completely understandable, we wanted to share this fact sheet that we've created to serve as a conversation starter…
Check out this week’s #FridayFinds for recent gun violence prevention news you might have missed during your busy week- Trump Effect on GVP - One Year In; Mass Shooting Stats; Ghost Guns Study; and more…
Friday Finds
Our weekly roundup of the latest gun violence prevention news
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January 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Check out this week’s #FridayFinds for recent gun violence prevention news you might have missed during your busy week- Trump Effect on GVP - One Year In; Mass Shooting Stats; Ghost Guns Study; and more…
“When public discourse treats lethal force as the presumptive explanation for violent encounters, it reshapes how people interpret their own actions…”
Check out the latest from GVPedia’s
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Check out the latest from GVPedia’s
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What the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Reveals About Our Gun Culture
When "obvious" self-defense narratives race ahead of the law
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January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
“When public discourse treats lethal force as the presumptive explanation for violent encounters, it reshapes how people interpret their own actions…”
Check out the latest from GVPedia’s
@devinlhughes.bsky.social
Check out the latest from GVPedia’s
@devinlhughes.bsky.social
The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives.
Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car...
All proceeds benefit GVPedia.
Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car...
All proceeds benefit GVPedia.
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 AM
The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives.
Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car...
All proceeds benefit GVPedia.
Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car...
All proceeds benefit GVPedia.
We’ve got the winners of signed copies of "The Myths We Carry" — check out an interview with author and GVPedia founder, Devin Hughes.
#themythswecarry #MythBusting #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gundebate
#themythswecarry #MythBusting #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gundebate
"The Myths We Carry" Book Contest Winners
And a recent interview with author, Devin Hughes
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January 21, 2026 at 8:32 PM
We’ve got the winners of signed copies of "The Myths We Carry" — check out an interview with author and GVPedia founder, Devin Hughes.
#themythswecarry #MythBusting #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gundebate
#themythswecarry #MythBusting #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #gundebate
A prime directive of GVPedia is to continually search for and compile the latest peer-reviewed academic and scientific studies and reports related to gun violence. Check out the December 2025 Research Rewind.
Research Rewind
A compendium of the latest studies on gun violence
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January 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
A prime directive of GVPedia is to continually search for and compile the latest peer-reviewed academic and scientific studies and reports related to gun violence. Check out the December 2025 Research Rewind.
On Fridays we highlight articles and videos from the gun violence prevention realm that might’ve been missed during your busy week.
Friday Finds
Our weekly roundup of the latest gun violence prevention news
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
On Fridays we highlight articles and videos from the gun violence prevention realm that might’ve been missed during your busy week.
The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives.
Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car...
All proceeds benefit GVPedia.
Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car...
All proceeds benefit GVPedia.
January 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives.
Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car...
All proceeds benefit GVPedia.
Available for purchase: www.amazon.ca/Myths-We-Car...
All proceeds benefit GVPedia.
"Today’s re-post is an essay from HuffPost on the subtle ways our children are sucked into the power dynamics of gun play early on in life.... “
GVPanorama - I Took My Toddler To Chuck E. Cheese For Fun. I Left With A Deeper Understanding Of Gun Violence.
"Normalized as thrilling, packaged as entertainment."
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January 15, 2026 at 4:14 AM
"Today’s re-post is an essay from HuffPost on the subtle ways our children are sucked into the power dynamics of gun play early on in life.... “
Check out Armed with Reason's latest Regional Wrap:
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January 14, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Check out Armed with Reason's latest Regional Wrap:
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GVPedia founder Devin Hughes has just released his first book - The Myths We Carry: An Advocate’s Guide to the Gun Debate.
Available for purchase here: a.co/d/dU9NHAg. All proceeds benefit Hughes gun-violence prevention non-profit, GVPedia.
Available for purchase here: a.co/d/dU9NHAg. All proceeds benefit Hughes gun-violence prevention non-profit, GVPedia.
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
GVPedia founder Devin Hughes has just released his first book - The Myths We Carry: An Advocate’s Guide to the Gun Debate.
Available for purchase here: a.co/d/dU9NHAg. All proceeds benefit Hughes gun-violence prevention non-profit, GVPedia.
Available for purchase here: a.co/d/dU9NHAg. All proceeds benefit Hughes gun-violence prevention non-profit, GVPedia.
Check out this new interview with @devinlhughes.bsky.social , Founder of GVPedia and author of the brand new book about gun violence prevention, The Myths We Carry: An Advocate's Guide to the Gun Debate.
Combating Disinformation Is Key to Ending Our Gun Violence Epidemic
An interview with Devin Hughes, author of the new book about gun violence prevention, The Myths We Carry
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January 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Check out this new interview with @devinlhughes.bsky.social , Founder of GVPedia and author of the brand new book about gun violence prevention, The Myths We Carry: An Advocate's Guide to the Gun Debate.
The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives.
Available for purchase here: a.co/d/dU9NHAg. All proceeds benefit Hughes gun-violence prevention non-profit, GVPedia.
Available for purchase here: a.co/d/dU9NHAg. All proceeds benefit Hughes gun-violence prevention non-profit, GVPedia.
January 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The Myths We Carry: An Advocates Guide to the Gun Debate, offers a timely and deeply-researched examination of why confronting disinformation is essential to saving lives.
Available for purchase here: a.co/d/dU9NHAg. All proceeds benefit Hughes gun-violence prevention non-profit, GVPedia.
Available for purchase here: a.co/d/dU9NHAg. All proceeds benefit Hughes gun-violence prevention non-profit, GVPedia.
Each quarter — with the help of our colleague Dru Stevenson — we compile The Legal List, a concise inventory of recent GVP-related cases from across the country to help you see where we stand in our battle against the gun lobby.
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@drustevenson.bsky.social
The Legal List
Our quarterly feature listing recent GVP-related court decisions
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January 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Each quarter — with the help of our colleague Dru Stevenson — we compile The Legal List, a concise inventory of recent GVP-related cases from across the country to help you see where we stand in our battle against the gun lobby.
@drustevenson.bsky.social
@drustevenson.bsky.social
In case you missed it, here are our Top 10 most viewed articles of 2025.
From grim Federal cuts to inspiring regional anti-violence efforts, GVP advocates remained determined through a tough year.
From grim Federal cuts to inspiring regional anti-violence efforts, GVP advocates remained determined through a tough year.
ICYMI - Top 10 Armed with Reason Articles of 2025
From grim Federal cuts to inspiring regional anti-violence efforts, GVP advocates remained determined through a tough year
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January 7, 2026 at 10:54 PM
In case you missed it, here are our Top 10 most viewed articles of 2025.
From grim Federal cuts to inspiring regional anti-violence efforts, GVP advocates remained determined through a tough year.
From grim Federal cuts to inspiring regional anti-violence efforts, GVP advocates remained determined through a tough year.
A new podcast from Connecticut Public delves into the reverberating effects of an increasingly common threat.
NPR #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #schoolshooting #sandyhook #studentlife
NPR #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #schoolshooting #sandyhook #studentlife
GVPanorama - How Are Young People Handling Gun Violence Anxiety?
A new podcast delves into the reverberating effects of an increasingly common threat
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January 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
A new podcast from Connecticut Public delves into the reverberating effects of an increasingly common threat.
NPR #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #schoolshooting #sandyhook #studentlife
NPR #GVP #gunviolenceawareness #schoolshooting #sandyhook #studentlife