Lois Beckett's slides from the Center for Health Journalism webinar, "Outgunned: America’s Public Health Crisis," 3.13.18 More info: https://www.centerforhealthjournalism.org/content/outgunned-americas-public-health-crisis

1. The Gun Debate:
Evidence vs. Talking Points
Lois Beckett, senior reporter, Guardian US

4. “Nearly 1300 children die and 5790 are treated for
gunshot wounds each year…”
Ages 0 to 17:
Gun homicides: about 700
Gun suicides: about 500
Gun accidents: about 80
Source: Analysis of CDC data. From: Fowler KA, Dahlberg LL, Haileyesus T, et al. Childhood
Firearm Injuries in the United States. Pediatrics. 2017;140(1):e20163486
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2017/06/15/peds.2016-3486.full.pdf

5. Fowler KA, Dahlberg LL, Haileyesus T, et al. Childhood Firearm Injuries in the United States.
Pediatrics. 2017;140(1):e20163486
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2017/06/15/peds.2016-
3486.full.pdf

6. CDC data analyzed by: Fowler KA, Dahlberg LL, Haileyesus T, et al. Childhood Firearm
Injuries in the United States. Pediatrics. 2017;140(1):e20163486
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2017/06/15/peds.2016-
3486.full.pdf
Location of gun homicides, kids aged 0-
17. Data available for a subset of 17 states
only. Ask Congress why the data set does
not include a larger number of states.
SCHOOL (K-12)
0% of gun homicides of kids 0-12
1% of gun homicides of kids

7. Source: National Center for Education Statistics
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/crimeindicators/ind_01.asp

8. Source: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_228.10.asp

9. Source: Dewey
Cornell,
University of
Virginia, from a
2015
presentation on
“Secrets of
School Safety”
All homicides,
not just
involving guns

10. Media contact: Audrey Breen aed2f@virginia.edu

11. “For the most part, it’s kind of a third rail
to talk about school security. If you talk
critically of school security it sounds like
you don’t want to protect children.”
Dewey Cornell
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/18/school-shootings-security-industry

12. CDC data analyzed by: Fowler KA, Dahlberg LL, Haileyesus T, et al. Childhood
Firearm Injuries in the United States. Pediatrics. 2017;140(1):e20163486
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2017/06/15/peds.2016-
3486.full.pdf

13. http://data.ap.org/projects/2016/domestic-gun-homicides/ Meghan Hoyer
Associated Press analysis of fatal domestic violence shootings, using
data submitted to the FBI, 2006-2014.

15. The annual firearm homicide rate for African American
children was:
- nearly twice as high as the rate for American Indian children
- 4 times higher than the rate for Hispanic children
- roughly 10 times higher than the rate for white children and
Asian American children
In contrast with patterns of firearm homicide, white and
American Indian children have the highest annual
average rates of firearm suicide.
CDC data analyzed by: Fowler KA, Dahlberg LL, Haileyesus T, et al. Childhood Firearm
Injuries in the United States. Pediatrics. 2017;140(1):e20163486
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2017/06/15/peds.2016-
3486.full.pdf

17. “What was said to us by the White House was,
there’s really no support nationally to address
the issue of urban violence. The support was to
address the issue of gun violence that affected
suburban areas — schools where white kids were
killed.”
-Rev. Charles Harrison, a pastor from Indianapolis, on a meeting with the
Obama White House in early 2013

18. smartgunlaws.org/healing-communities

19. Livefreeusa.org, Part of the PICO National Network (faith-based community organizing)
Pastor Michael McBride, Director (Policy and communications number: 202-544-8411)
Giffords Law Center: Media@giffords.org, ask for Jason Phelps on urban violence queries.

21. https://communityjusticerc.org/speakers-bureau-2

22. COMMUNITY JUSTICE REFORM COALITION
Changing the Conversation on Gun Violence Prevention.
A national advocacy coalition that promotes and invests in evidence-based
policies and programs to prevent gun violence and uplift criminal justice
reforms in urban communities of color.
Contact: Amber Goodwin, founding director
amber@cjrcoalition.org
512.820.8613
Key resource - Speakers Bureau: https://communityjusticerc.org/speakers-
bureau-2

25. Stephen Gutowski, Washington Free Beacon
Resource on covering guns more accurately, from a conservative gun reporter (and enthusiastic
gun owner):
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1F8h2-3JR-
J8Rg7dVHMhEm5kZ7pBhK98NlES_sFH7S_U/edit#slide=id.g1464ab3a28_
0_10
@StephenGutowski
gutowski@freebeacon.com