Gun Violence Archive

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. It was founded by Michael Klein and Mark Bryant. Klein is the founder of Sunlight Foundation, and Bryant is a retired systems analyst.[1]

Website

GVA maintains a database of known shootings in the United States, coming from law enforcement, media and government sources from all 50 states.[2][3]

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 and FBI data, as well as their lagging distribution, showed a need for near real-time data collection. The GVA typically publishes incidents in its database within 3 days whereas the government agencies like the FBI usually take months or years.[4]

GVA has a staff of professionals, with specialities from MSLS/MIS-degreed researchers and data archivists to systems architects and software engineers.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. Cheves, John (2017-07-30). "Website counts the bodies as they fall to gunfire across America". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  2. "Try to scroll through this graphic and you'll understand America's gun problem". Vox.com. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  3. "Incidents in 2017". www.gunviolencearchive.org. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  4. "Mark Bryant counts US shootings. He no longer remembers the names". BBC News. 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  5. Drange, Matt (2016-04-23). "The Kentucky gun owner who developed his own count of gun violence in the US". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  6. Kirk, Chris; Yablon, Alex (2015-12-31). "How Many People Have Been Shot in Your Neighborhood This Year?". Slate. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
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