APHA Policy Statements
Summary on Gun Violence Prevention
Handgun Injury Reduction
Handgun Regulation (archived policy statement – 1976)
Plastic Handguns (archived policy statement – 1987)
Support Renewal with Strengthening of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban
Support for Curricula in Firearm Related Violence Prevention
Youth Violence Prevention
Fact Sheets, letters and testimony
APHA gun violence fact sheet
APHA statement submitted for the record to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights regarding proposals to reduce gun violence (Feb. 12)
APHA letter to President Obama in support of legislation to reduce gun violence and ensure access to mental health services (December 20, 2012)
Research/Data
Gun Deaths outpace Motor Vehicle Deaths in 10 states in 2009
Connecting the Dots to Prevent Youth Violence: A Training and Outreach Guide for Physicians and other Health Professionals
Reducing Gun Violence: The Boston Gun Project's Operation Ceasefire
Useful Links & Resources
White House and Executive Agencies
Gun Violence Reduction Executive Actions
Violence Prevention Advocacy Organizations
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Mayors against Illegal Guns
Prevention Institute
Violence Policy Center
Publications
APHA Press
Confronting Violence (author: George Gellert)
Youth Violence: Interventions for Health Care Providers (edited by Robert Ketterlinus)
David Hemenway
Private Guns, Public Health
While We Were Sleeping: Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention
Johns Hopkins University Press
Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis (edited by Daniel W. Webster and Jon S. Vernick)
National Academies Press
Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review (Authors: Charles F. Wellford, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie)
Oxford University Press
Violence in America: A Public Health Approach (Authors: ML Rosenberg and MA Fenley)