Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is an American nonprofit group with an accompanying website and social media delivery platforms which catalogs every incident of
gun violence in the United States
Gun violence in the United States results in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries annually, and was the leading cause of death for children 19 and younger in 2020. In 2018, the most recent year for which data are available as of 2021, th ...
. It was founded by Michael Klein and Mark Bryant.
Klein is the founder of
Sunlight Foundation
The Sunlight Foundation was an American 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocated for open government. The organization was founded in April 2006 with the goal of increasing transparency and accountability in the United States ...
, and Bryant is a retired
systems analyst
A systems analyst, also known as business technology analyst, is an information technology (IT) professional who specializes in analyzing, designing and implementing information systems. Systems analysts assess the suitability of information syst ...
.
Website
GVA maintains a database of known shootings in the United States, coming from law enforcement, media and government sources from all 50 states.
GVA's statistics, mapping, methodology and definitions are found on the organisation's website.
The website records police shooting injuries and deaths, mass shootings, individual gun related incidents, suicides, injuries, teen, child and adult related injuries and deaths.
History
GVA was established in 2013 and began in 2014 and is ongoing. It provides gun violence data and statistics. Gaps in both
CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
and
FBI data, as well as their lagging distribution, showed a need for near real-time data collection. (Ongoing national
Sgun debate).
GVA has a staff of professionals, with specialities from
MSLS/MIS-degreed researchers and data archivists to systems architects and software engineers.
See also
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Armed violence reduction The concept of armed violence reduction (AVR) has gained significant in importance after the 2006 Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development. According to OECD, more than 740,000 people die each year as a result of the violence associate ...
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Crime in the United States
Crime in the United States has been recorded since its founding. Crime rates have varied over time, with a sharp rise after 1900 and reaching a broad bulging peak between the 1970s and early 1990s. After 1992, crime rates began to fall year by ye ...
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Firearm death rates in the United States by state
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Gun cultures
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Gun show loophole
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Gunfire locator
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Gunshot wound
A gunshot wound (GSW) is a penetrating injury caused by a projectile (e.g. a bullet) from a gun (typically firearm or air gun). Damages may include bleeding, bone fractures, organ damage, wound infection, loss of the ability to move pa ...
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Index of gun politics articles
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List of countries by firearm-related death rate
This is a historical list of countries by firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population in the listed year.
Homicide figures may include justifiable homicides along with criminal homicides, depending upon jurisdiction and reporting standard ...
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Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along with nine other articles of the Bill of Rights. In '' District of Columbia v. Helle ...
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