https://news.temple.edu/news/2022-12-06/understanding-america-relationship-firearms
Almost every day this year, a new American community has grieved in the wake of a loaded gun. Yet this reality is one that is unique to the United States, at least among developed countries. The U.S. has more gun-related deaths than any other developed country in the world.
https://news.temple.edu/news/2022-12-07/how-to-solve-American-gun-epidemic
The Supreme Court’s 2008 Heller decision gave American citizens the constitutional right to own and carry firearms. This means that only the Supreme Court has the power to change this interpretation of the Second Amendment.
https://news.temple.edu/2021-10-20/temple-s-scott-charles-gun-violence-prevention
Addressing victim trauma may be a key to ending gun violence. That’s according to Scott Charles, trauma outreach manager at Temple University Hospital, who oversees the hospital’s violence prevention and intervention initiatives.
https://news.temple.edu/related-stories/gun-violence
Experts studying gun violence at Temple University explain how to eradicate the gun violence epidemic. How do we stop gun violence? Maybe by showing photos like this. President Wingard met with Temple Family Council and Temple University Police Department.
https://news.temple.edu/news/2024-11-18/temple-becomes-first-university-region-deploy-zeroeyes-gun-detection
Temple University’s Department of Public Safety (TUDPS) is now protecting students, faculty, staff and community members with a new, cutting-edge layer of security called ZeroEyes, marking the first time that a university within Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware has implemented an AI gun detection solution that holds the full US Department o...
https://news.temple.edu/news/2022-02-25/connecting-dots-between-gun-violence-and-drug-markets
The study shows that from March 2020 through June 2021, gun violence went up on average by 21.6% each two-month period, albeit slowing down considerably in 2021. The areas that saw increasingly more gun violence had something in common: they had high drug market activity.
https://news.temple.edu/related-stories/temple-safety-net
Experts studying gun violence at Temple University explain how to eradicate the gun violence epidemic. Amy Goldberg has been named dean of Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine.
https://news.temple.edu/news/2022-11-04/how-do-we-stop-gun-violence-maybe-showing-photos
In this video, Amy Goldberg and David Boardman argue that the American media should include images of victims in their reporting so people have the information they need to make informed decisions about gun control.
https://news.temple.edu/news/2022-04-20/homicides-near-universities-are-crisis-needs-immediate-action-and-long-term
Temple University President Dr. Jason Wingard discusses how Temple is taking both immediate actions and also seeking long-term solutions when it comes to combating gun violence. Originally published in the Chicago Tribune on April 18, 2022.
https://news.temple.edu/related-stories/temple-university-hospital
Experts on gun violence from Temple University share context about America’s gun violence crisis and propose solutions to make the country a safer place. Experts studying gun violence at Temple University explain how to eradicate the gun violence epidemic.