The head of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center wants to give gun owners a way to store their firearms outside of their homes during times of stress
Michael Anestis, who is also the director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, likes the data-driven approach to stopping the pipeline of guns into cities.
Those who attend are asked to wear green, which was Jasayde’s favorite color.
The organizations the family selected for donations in memory of Jasayde are:
Parents of Murdered Children: https://donate.givedirect.org/?cid=1520&n=219306
New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers: http://gunviolenceresearchcenter.rutgers.edu/donate/
Brady United: https://www.bradyunited.org/donate/tax
School board members began their Wednesday meeting with a moment of silence for the elementary school youngster.
Extending their sympathy to the extended Holder family, the board called for justice for Jasayde.
“I have twin boys at home just to think what the family is going through themselves, board member Alix Silva said. It’s gut-wrenching to know that could be done to a child so innocent, so young.”
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States with stricter firearms laws reported lower suicide and homicide rates, according to a Rutgers study.
The study, conducted by the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, the Rutgers School of Public Health, the Rutgers University-Newark Department of Psychology, the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the Rutgers-Newark Department of Social Work, was published in the
Journal of Public Health and examined the association between firearm laws and suicide and homicide rates.
Firearm violence is a major public health concern in the United States, with firearm suicide and homicide accounting for the majority of gun deaths. In 2017, 66,683 people died by suicide and homicide with a majority of the deaths resulting from a firearm: 48 percent for suicide and 74 percent for homicide.
‘The hundreds of millions of firearms already in American homes are not subject to rules regulating sales, but they will play a role in future homicides, suicides and unintentional shootings’
Credit: (Raymond Clinkscale, Rutgers School of Public Health)
Michael Anestis
On the three-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, President Biden announced that he wants Congress to pursue several pieces of legislation, including universal background checks. The recent tragedies in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado, have amplified this call for action.
In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration has made firearm safety a priority, facilitating two firearm-focused legislative packages and creating the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center. Even still, New Jersey cities have seen a surge in shootings over the past year, with Black and brown communities being disproportionally impacted.