Our friends at The Trace have released a treasure-trove of data which should be used to set a new standard and direction for gun violence research. Recent stories in The Trace and other media have noted a surge in gun thefts as a consequence of the desire of Americans to carry a gun for self-defense. I believe that in order to understand gun violence you have to start with the gun. I trust that other gun violence prevention researchers will do the same. It covers 47,556 separate entries (from 2012 through 2016) of which 40,956 were guns ‘received’ by Chicago PD in one way or another, and the other 3,972 were reported as stolen guns.

Source: Huffington Post November 28, 2017 23:26 UTC