Fred Martino anchors a very special Voice of The Public - Moving Forward After the El Paso Shooting. Guests include: Miranda Viscoli, Co-President of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence. A special report features comments from Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM 2).
New Mexicans To Prevent Gun Violence: Recommended Websites
Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence
The mission of the Brady organization is to create a safer America for all of us that will lead to a dramatic reduction of gun death and injury. www.bradycampaign.org
Center for American Progress
Dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. Our aim is not just to change the conversation but, to change the country.www.americanprogress.org
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
The Coalition to stop gun violence seeks to secure freedom from gun violence through research, strategic engagement and effective policy advocacy. www.csgv.org
Connecticut Against Gun Violence
Mission is to identify, develop and promote the passage of legislation designed to enhance gun safety. www.cagv.org
Violence Policy Center
Works to stop the annual toll of death and injury through research, advocacy, education and collaboration.www.vpc.org
The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
A national law center focused on providing comprehensive legal expertise in support of gun violence prevention and the promotion of smart gun laws that save lives. Provide trusted in-depth legal expertise and information on America's gun laws. www.smartgunlaws.org.
Newtown Action Alliance
Dedicated to reversing the escalating gun violence epidemic in this nation through the introduction of smarter, safer gun laws and broader cultural change.www.newtownaction.org
Sandy Hook Promise
To protect children from gun violence so no other parents experience the loss of their child by engaging and empowering parents and communities with targeted prevention programs in the areas of mental wellness, early-identification and intervention, social and emotional development, and firearm safety and security.www.sandyhookpromise.org
States United Against Gun Violence
States United to Prevent Gun Violence is a grassroots network of 30 state affiliates working to make our communities and families safer. As part of our 50 State Solution to end gun violence, we support existing state-based gun violence prevention groups and bring new partners into the movement. Through cooperative efforts with our 30 state groups – and our combined 150,000 grassroots supporters – we are working to build healthy communities by reducing gun death and injury through stronger laws, community education and grassroots action. www.ceasefireusa.org
Research & Data Area
The Violence Policy Center
The Violence Policy Center advocates for gun regulations, investigations and analysis.
www.concealedcarrykillers.org
Gun Violence Archive
GVA provides free online access to accurate information about gun related violence.
Gun Violence Archive
www.gunviolencearchive.org/charts-and-maps
Huffington Post
Josh Horwitz at the Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-horwitz
Mass Shootings
Mass Shootings in 2015
www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shootings/2015
New England Journal Of Medicine
"Guns, Society, and Medicine", NE Journal of Medicine
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe1500847
Mother Jones
True Cost of Gun Violence in America
www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/true-cost-of-gun-violence-in-america
Gun Violence Prevention
www.npalliance.org/gun-violence-prevention/
Recommended Books
America and its Guns: A Theological Expose:
James Atwood (2012)
Gun Violence: The Real Cost:
Phillip Cook and Jen Ludwig (2002)
Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun: A personal History of Violence:
Geoffrey Canada (2010)
Gun Violence in America: The Struggle for Control:
Alexander DeConde (2003)
The Last Gun:
Tom Diaz (2013)
Making a Killing:
Tom Diaz (1999)
Enough: Our Fight to keep America safe from Gun Violence:
Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly (2014)
Private Guns, Public Health:
David Hemingway (2006)
What my Grand Daddy Taught Me About Handguns:
William Vincent Hall (2000)
Guns, Democracy and the Insurrectionist Idea:
Josh Horwitz (2009)
Unsafe in Human Hands: The Human Stories behind Gun Ownership and Violence in America:
Christopher Linley Johnson (2013)
Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis:
Daniel Webster and Jon Vernick (2013)
Books For Young People
The Gorp’s Gift
By Sherri Chessen Illustrated by Dale Duncan Johnson
Just One Flick of a Finger
Marybeth Lorbiecki
Scorpions
By Walter Dean Myers
The Rifle
By Gary Paulsen
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America
By Geoffrey Canada
Twelve Shots: Outstanding Short Stories about Guns
Harry Mazer, editor
Gone Boy
By Greg Gibson
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
By Malcolm Gladwell
Give a Boy a Gun
By Todd Strasser
Guns: What You Should Know
By Rachel Ellenberg Schulson, Illustrated by Mary Jones