Yes. A national poll in March 2023 found 19% of respondents said they have a family member who was killed by a gun, including suicide.
Tag: Gun Violence
Posted inJustice & Safety
Militia member says Kenosha police sought to push protesters toward them on night of deadly shootings
Two people were killed and one seriously wounded by a 17-year-old who had answered the call for armed civilians to protect the city
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Before Jacob Blake, Kenosha had a history of police shootings
One shooting in 2004 led to statewide reform, requiring outside reviews of shootings by law enforcement in Wisconsin
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‘I just killed somebody’: Vigilantes inject danger into police brutality protests in Kenosha, nationwide
A 17-year-old answering a call to arms to protect property faces murder charges after allegedly shooting two men to death during a protest over a police shooting
Posted inJustice & Safety, Precious Lives
Precious Lives asks state leaders: What is your pledge in the coming year to reduce gun violence?
For the past two years, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has partnered with other media organizations on Precious Lives, a wide-ranging effort that examined the causes and consequences of gun violence on Milwaukee youth.
Posted inEconomy, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety, Precious Lives
After guns wound and kill, bills pile up for victims and society
Gun violence costs Wisconsinites billions of dollars a year. Taxpayers pay for most of it in medical bills and incarceration costs. Victims suffer lost wages and trauma that can have long-lasting effects. Communities pay through lowered property values and higher police costs.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety, Precious Lives
Hundreds hurt, killed when Wisconsin teens get guns
Guns and teens can be a lethal mix. Immaturity and impulsiveness, combined with weapons that can kill with the squeeze of a trigger, have caused death and devastating injuries to Wisconsin children and adults.
Posted inJustice & Safety, Precious Lives, WisWatch Blog
LISTEN: What Young People Know About Guns
On this week’s episode of Precious Lives, a two-year project examining gun violence among young people in the Milwaukee area and statewide, reporters Kate Golden and Sean Kirkby visit the Madison area’s Allied Drive Boys and Girls Club to ask children what they know about guns. The reporters found that nearly all of the young people they talked to had some level of experience with guns.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety, Precious Lives
Bullets exacted terrible toll on children, African Americans
African Americans were more than 30 times as likely as non-Hispanic whites to be murdered by guns in 2014, a Center analysis found.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety, News about Wisconsin Watch, Precious Lives
Precious Lives: Two-year project will examine gun violence among youth and seek solutions
A newly launched two-year project investigating the problem of gun violence among young people, its causes, and potential solutions in the Milwaukee area and statewide.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety, Precious Lives
Profiles in carnage
This story is the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism’s first report for Precious Lives, a newly launched two-year project investigating the problem of gun violence among young people, its causes, and potential solutions in the Milwaukee area and statewide. Read more about the project. Main story Bullets exacted terrible toll on children, African Americans A […]