Description of project
This project is a statistical analysis of shootings and firearms in the US. It aims to help visualize how far behind America is compared to other countries with gun control and the human cost of those actions.
Research Links
School Shootings/Mass Shootings
Violent Deaths at School, away from school, and active shooter incidents. – National Center For Education Statistics (NCES)
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/a01/violent-deaths-and-shootings
What Is the NRA?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35261394
Gun Control
https://time.com/5169210/us-gun-control-laws-history-timeline/
interview with assassination survivor (ex-governor)
https://time.com/6274979/gabby-giffords-gun-control/
The science of gunpowder
Invention of Gunpowder and Guns
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/invention-gunpowder-and-guns
History of Guns
History of American Guns
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/06/gun-history-america-timeline-supreme-court/
Mental Health Impact
Mass Shooting Mental Health
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560324000070
Surviving a school shooting
https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/health/surviving-school-shooting-impacts-mental-health-education-and-earnings-american
Related Image Gallery
Links used in Infographic
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A2010_suicide_rates_-_gun_versus_non-gun_-_high-income_countries
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20571454/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26551975/
https://amjmed.org/violent-death-rates-us-vs-22-other-countries/
https://www.csis.org/analysis/tactics-and-targets-domestic-terrorists
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/05/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-us/
Final infographic
