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Map from State Firearm Laws Database of the US. Some states are highlighted and show the number of gun laws in the state: Massachusetts 101, Illinois 65, Texas 18, Montana 4

Featured

Smarter Gun Legislation through Data

August 26, 2019

Gun store owner behind counter

politics and health

‘Set’ of Gun Laws Needed to Reduce Both Rural and Urban Gun Violence

August 7, 2019

In this handout photo provided by the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General, overcrowding of families is observed by OIG at US Border Patrol Weslaco Station on June 11, 2019, in Weslaco, Texas.

Viewpoint

Child Detention at the Border Is Torture

July 18, 2019

Close-up on an African American police officer's arm and belt, with his gun in the middle of the image

gun violence

Police Shootings Reflect Cities’ Levels of Segregation

July 9, 2019

Bullet and pistol laid on top of the NICS form for buying a gun, which asks about criminal history

Featured

Universal Background Checks Lower Homicide Rates

March 28, 2019

Male High School Student Comforting or Confronting Unhappy Male Friend

All News

Community Norms Affect Youths’ Likelihood of Intervening in Sexual/Dating Violence

March 6, 2019

BU Medical Campus walk-out for gun violence; crowd stands in front of SPH's Talbot Building in the snow, holding a banner that reads "Gun VIolence Is a Public Health Issue"

advocacy

SPH and Guns

February 27, 2019

health disparities

Black American Life Expectancy Decreasing Disproportionately Due to Firearms

December 4, 2018

All News

‘We Needed to Do More Than Stitch People Up and Send Them on Their Way’

October 19, 2018