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NEW POLICY ROADMAP

Policies to Reduce Gun Violence in New Mexico

We've released a new roadmap to assist New Mexico legislators in reducing gun violence in the state.

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Research Drives Solutions To Save Lives.

Our team at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions includes highly experienced researchers and public health-trained advocates to address gun violence as an epidemic-level public health emergency. Because gun violence disproportionately impacts vulnerable populations, we center our work on addressing these disparities and seek insights from those most affected to develop meaningful solutions. This approach combines evidence-based solutions and effective advocacy to save lives.

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Annual Report

Gun Violence in the United States: Examining the Gun Suicide Epidemic

Gun suicides account for more than half of all total gun deaths and are growing at an alarming rate, as the total number of gun suicide deaths reached record highs for the third consecutive year.

46,728

In 2023, 46,728 people died by guns, marking the third-highest number of gun-related deaths ever recorded in the United States.

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27,300

27,300 people died by gun suicide in 2023, which reached the highest on record. Since 2019, there has been a 12% increase in the gun suicide death rate.

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6/10

Nearly 6 out of every 10 gun deaths were suicides in the United States. 

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2,566

Gun deaths remain the leading cause of death overall among young people ages 1-17, with 2,566 young lives lost in 2023.

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“Other” gun death rates include legal intervention, unintentional, and undetermined. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death. WONDER Online Database, 2018-2023.

National Survey of Gun Policy

Americans broadly agree on many gun violence prevention policies.

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United States

Firearm Violence

Firearm violence is a public health epidemic that has lasting impacts on the health and well-being of everyone in this country. 

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Research drives solutions to save lives

The Public Health Approach

The public health approach to prevent gun violence brings together experts across sectors to develop and implement equitable, evidence-based solutions.

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WHO WE ARE

Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

We address gun violence as a public health emergency and utilize objective, non-partisan research to develop solutions which inform, fuel and propel advocacy to measurably lower gun violence. The Center applies our unique blend of research and advocacy to advance five priority evidence-based gun violence prevention policies. Our research shows that, when enacted in combination, these policies have the potential to save thousands of lives.

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