We define “mass shootings” as any shooting where four or more people are shot. Although there is a tendency to think of mass shootings as a “deranged” gunman or terrorist, the reality is those types of shooting events are rare. Mass shootings are actually relatively common and almost all involve individuals who have a prior relationship to one another. Many
Read moreTennessee has a problem with unintentional shootings. Many of these involve children. There is no federal database tracking these incidents and even organizations that do try to track them by searching news stories and police reports understand that accidental shootings are under reported. Although the term most commonly used to describe these types of shooting is “accidental” we do not
Read more#SafeStorageSavesLives Every year, far too many Tennessee kids are injured or killed when they or another child gains easy access to loaded, unsecured guns. In most cases, these shooting incidents are accidental. We track all accidental or unintentional shootings but these we classify differently as they are the direct result of an irresponsible gun owner not storing firearms safely according
Read moreTennessee is ranked 5th in the nation for women murdered by men, most often with a gun. In almost all cases, the woman is murdered by someone with whom she has had a current or former romantic relationship. Sometime the man shoots the woman and then kills himself. Sometimes he shoots the woman and their children. These shootings happen in
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