National Suicide Prevention Month.
Dr Dana Hardy is leading our Mental Health outreach efforts for the Safe Tennessee Project. September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Dr Hardy has provided us with an informative article […]
CONCERT ACROSS AMERICA TO END GUN VIOLENCE WILL INCLUDE 350 EVENTS NATIONWIDE – including Nashville – ON SEPT. 25
The Nashville Concert Across America to End Gun Violence will be at Exit/In Sunday night, September 25th. Doors open at 6, music gets started around 7. Admission is free. This […]
Safe Tennessee Project’s Statement on Revised Unintentional Firearm Death Numbers
Safe Tennessee Project’s Statement on Revised Unintentional Firearm Death Numbers “As an organization focused on reducing firearm injuries and deaths in our state, we are pleased to discover that the […]
Tennessee Now Leads Nation in Fatal Unintentional Shootings
Tennessee now ranks first in the nation for fatal unintentional shootings according to the most recent data from The Centers for Disease Control. Previously, Tennessee ranked 9th based on statistics […]
Laws That Allow for Temporarily Removing Guns from High-Risk People Linked to a Reduction in Suicides
Gun Violence Restraining Orders can save lives because #FamiliesKnowFirst. Learn how they are preventing suicides in this informative article originally published by The Trace. For every 10.5 guns collected under Connecticut’s […]
ANOTHER CHILD SHOT AS ACCIDENTAL SHOOTINGS IN TENNESSEE CONTINUE TO RISE
The accidental shooting of a 3-year-old boy Monday night with his father’s unsecured gun is another example of an alarming Tennessee trend. Accidental shootings of both children and especially adults are up […]
Gun violence research should be peer-reviewed and rely on verifiable facts What happens when it isn’t?
The NRA relies heavily on research conducted by economist John Lott. But, Lott’s research is not peer-reviewed, and his most notable publication has been questioned by researchers from both sides […]
Five Tennessee children shot in three days
Monday afternoon, Timea Batts was shot and killed by her father. Although he initially said she’d been shot after getting off the school bus, her father later admitted that he […]
There have been more mass shootings than days since Orlando
Today marks the one month anniversary of the worst mass shooting in US history. On June 12th in Orlando, 49 people were fatally shot and another 53 were injured at […]
Safe Tennessee Project Statement on Dallas Shooting
5 Dead; 9 Wounded in Horrific Dallas Shooting Once again–this time during a peaceful Black Lives Matter rally in Dallas–we witness the appalling toll of gun violence. When easy access to […]
