Below you’ll find a selection of some of the books, articles and academic research we found useful when reporting these stories on the more than 33,000 annual gun deaths in America and what it would take to bring that number down.
Books
“Private Guns, Public Health,” by David Hemenway
“The Way of the Gun: A Bloody Journey into the World of Firearms,” by Iain Overton
“Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review,” edited by Charles F. Wellford, John V. Pepper and Carol V. Petrie
“Evaluating Gun Policy: Effects on Crime and Violence,” edited by Jens Ludwig and Philip J. Cook
“Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America,” by Jill Leovy
“Reducing Gun Violence in America,” edited by Daniel W. Webster and Jon S. Vernick
“Public Policy in an Uncertain World: Analysis and Decisions,” by Charles F. Manski
Articles and reporting projects
“How the Gun Control Debate Ignores Black Lives,” ProPublica
“Gun Control: Where it went wrong and how to fix it,” The Guardian
“Guns: How They Shaped Our Culture and What They Mean to the Modern Texan,” Texas Monthly
“How They Got Their Guns,” The New York Times
“In Medical Triumph, Homicides Fall Despite Soaring Gun Violence,” The Wall Street Journal
“Police Body Cameras: What Do You See?” The New York Times
“The Counted: People killed by police in the U.S.,” The Guardian
“Fatal Force,” The Washington Post
“Temporary Restraining Orders Can Set Off Alleged Abusers. But Only 16 States Make Them Hand Over Their Guns,” The Trace
“Domestic Abusers Frequently Get to Keep Their Guns. Here Are the Big Reasons Why,” The Trace
“Why the Suspected Texas Shooter’s Domestic-Violence History Didn’t Keep Him from Owning Guns,” Mother Jones
“Children and Guns: The Hidden Toll,” The New York Times
“One Week in April, Four Toddlers Shot and Killed Themselves,” The New York Times
“New VA study finds 20 veterans commit suicide each day,” Military Times
“Health Experts Question Army Report on Psychological Training,” PBS NewsHour
“Army morale low despite 6-year, $287M optimism program,” USA Today
Academic papers and research
“What Works in Reducing Community Violence,” U.S. Agency for International Development
“Silent Gunshots: The Deafening Toll of Gun Violence in America,” Trauma & Treatment
“Identifying Armed Respondents to Domestic Violence Restraining Orders and Recovering Their Firearms: Process Evaluation of an Initiative in California,” American Journal of Public Health
“Firearms and the incidence of arrest among respondents to domestic violence restraining orders,” Injury Epidemiology
“The impact of pesticide regulations on suicide in Sri Lanka,” International Journal of Epidemiology
“The Current Status of Suicide Prevention Programs in the Military,” U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
“Combat Exposure and Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Military Personnel and Veterans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
“Predictors of Suicide and Accident Death in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers,” JAMA Psychiatry
“Suicides in the U.S. Military: Birth Cohort Vulnerability and the All-Volunteer Force,” Armed Forces & Society
“Comparative Analysis of Suicide, Accidental, and Undetermined Cause of Death Classification,” Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
“Unintentional firearm deaths: a comparison of other-inflicted and self-inflicted shootings,” Accident Analysis & Prevention
“Reporting on pediatric unintentional firearm injury: Who’s responsible,” Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery