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MFP Voices

Help Prevent Youth Gun Violence in Mississippi and Implement Juvenile Gun Courts

Professor Crystal Welch, law professor at Mississippi College School of Law, and clinical law students Laken Dunn and Jessica Gamez propose the creation of gun courts in all youth courts across Mississippi to restrict young people’s access to guns, help prevent unnecessary life loss at the hands of juveniles and strategically prevent recidivism.

Crystal Welch, Laken Dunn and Jessica Gamez March 16, 2023

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MFP Voices

Five Years After Parkland, School Shootings Are More Frequent and Deadly

“Since Parkland, school safety has been a priority for parents and policymakers, but efforts to physically fortify schools to keep intruders at bay often are detached from the reality that most school shooters are current or former students of the schools they target,” Criminologists Reidman, Densley and Peterson writes.

David Riedman, James Densley and Jillian Peterson February 10, 2023

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In-Depth

Domestic Abuse, Other Factors Linked to Notable Filicide Rates in the South and Beyond

Executive Director Zeo Grover of Stop Gun Violence believes that adjusting legislation to close “loopholes” around the definition of domestic violence and requiring background checks before all firearm purchases could lower the risks of gun violence, calling these measures a “common-sense start.”

Norma Hilton September 21, 2022

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Features

‘Change Needs to Happen’: Jackson Rallies Against Gun Violence

Moms Demand Action and March for Our Lives co-sponsored a rally that gathered dozens of community members to hear a series of speakers and participate in chants for gun reform.

Lukas Flippo June 16, 2022

MFP Voices

Mass Shootings Leave Behind Collective Despair, Anguish And Trauma At Many Societal Levels

“The deadly shooting of at least 19 children and two adults in Texas on May 24, 2022, is the latest in an ever-growing list of national tragedies, leaving families and friends of the victims gripped with grief, anguish and despair,” Dr. Arash Javanbakht writes. “I am a trauma and anxiety researcher and clinician, and I know that the effects of such violence reach millions. While the immediate survivors are most affected, the rest of society suffers, too.”

Arash Javanbakht May 31, 2022

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MFP Voices

Gun Control Laws Don’t Pass Congress, Despite Majority Public Support And Repeated Outrage

With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 children and four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., legislation introduced in response to mass killings has consistently failed to pass the Senate. Political scientists Monika McDermott and David Jones address why further restrictions never pass, despite a majority of Americans supporting tighter gun control laws.

Monika L. McDermott and David R. Jones May 27, 2022

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News

‘There Might be a Shooting’: Jackson City Council Rejects Fireworks Displays for Juneteenth, July 4

Department of Parks and Recreation Director Ison B. Harris Jr. unsuccessfully pushed for the funding of a fireworks display for the Juneteenth celebration in Jackson.

Kayode Crown May 13, 2022

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BWC

Not Another Child: Mother Turns Grief Into Solutions for Gun Violence, Grieving Families

Oresa Napper-Williams is the founder of Not Another Child, a nonprofit organization that she founded after her son, Andrell Daron Napper, was killed by gun violence in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2007. One mission of her work is to ensure that parents who lost children to violence are treated with respect and dignity, and get the resources they need. She both collaborates with NYPD on violence prevention and is frank about problems within policing, including respect for Black community members.

Aliyah Veal February 18, 2022

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MFP Voices

U.S. Blood Supply At 10-Year Low Heading Into Year 3 of Pandemic

In January 2022, the American Red Cross declared its first-ever national blood crisis. A joint statement by the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association said that the “severity and duration of this shortage could significantly jeopardize the ability of health care providers to meet the many urgent needs of our patients and communities.”

Anna Nagurney February 16, 2022

Help Prevent Youth Gun Violence in Mississippi and Implement Juvenile Gun Courts

Five Years After Parkland, School Shootings Are More Frequent and Deadly

Domestic Abuse, Other Factors Linked to Notable Filicide Rates in the South and Beyond

‘Change Needs to Happen’: Jackson Rallies Against Gun Violence

Mass Shootings Leave Behind Collective Despair, Anguish And Trauma At Many Societal Levels

Gun Control Laws Don’t Pass Congress, Despite Majority Public Support And Repeated Outrage

‘There Might be a Shooting’: Jackson City Council Rejects Fireworks Displays for Juneteenth, July 4

Not Another Child: Mother Turns Grief Into Solutions for Gun Violence, Grieving Families

U.S. Blood Supply At 10-Year Low Heading Into Year 3 of Pandemic

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