Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is an American nonprofit group with an accompanying website and social media delivery platforms which seeks to catalog every incident of what it deems to be
gun violence in the United States
Gun violence is a term of political, economic and sociological interest referring to the tens of thousands of annual firearms-related deaths and injuries occurring in the United States.
In 2016, a U.S. male aged 15–24 was 70 times more likely ...
. It was founded by Michael Klein and Mark Bryant. Klein is the founder of
Sunlight Foundation
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, and Bryant is a retired
systems analyst
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.
History
GVA was established in 2013 and began in 2014 and is ongoing. It provides data and statistics related to shootings. Perceived gaps in both
CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and is headquartered in Atlanta, ...
and
FBI
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data, as well as their lagging distribution, are some reasons behind why GVA felt the need to offer independent data collection. The GVA typically publishes incidents in its database within three days whereas the government agencies including the FBI may take months or even years.
GVA maintains a database of known shootings in the United States, coming from law enforcement, media and government sources in all 50 states.
See also
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Firearm death rates in the United States by state
References
External links
* {{Official, www.gunviolencearchive.org/
Gun violence in the United States
Internet properties established in 2013
Online databases
Gun violence
Gun politics
Violence