AACAP Resources

• AACAP Statement: Congress Must Address Two National Crises: Gun Safety and Mental Health - June 2022
• AACAP Policy Statement on Children and Guns – June 2022
• How to Talk to Children About Mass Shootings - May 2022
• AACAP Statement Responding to Gun Violence – Feb 2018
• Facts for Families, Disaster: Helping Children Cope
• Facts for Families, News and Children
• Facts for Families, Firearms and Children
• Facts for Families, Threats by Children: When are they Serious?
• Facts for Families, Grief and Children
• AACAP Disaster Resource Center

Clinical Resources

• The Role of Infectious Diseases Physicians in Preventing Gun Violence
• Mass Violence Resources
• Mother Jones US Mass Shootings Database

Firearm Injury Reduction Advocacy Groups

• AFFIRM
• Psychiatrists for Gun Violence Protection

Legal Resources

• Everytown Gun Law Navigator
• NRA-ILA Guide to the Interstate Transportation of Firearms

Advocacy Opportunities

• Doctors for America - Gun Violence
• Everytown for Gun Safety
• March for our Lives

Policy Recommendations

• Recommendations from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma's Firearm Strategy Team (FAST) Workgroup: Chicago Consensus 1
  

Additional Peer Organization Resources

• Gun Violence - American Medical Association
• Resource Page on Gun Violence – American Academy of Pediatrics
• Mass Violence Resources - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
• Talking to Children About the Shooting - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
• Restoring A Sense of Safety in the Aftermath of A Mass Shooting: Tips for Parents and Professionals - Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
• How to talk to your kids about active-shooter drills at school - Today
• Lockdown Anxiety: Teachers Talk About How to Explain Drills and Calm Kids' Fears – Scholastic
• Age-Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
• America’s Heartbroken Physicians Demand Action on Gun Violence (2019) – American Medical Association
• Firearm-Related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population (2012) – American Academy of Pediatrics
• APA Condemns Loss of Life from Gun Violence, Disputes Link to Mental Illness (2019) - American Psychiatric Association
• Resolution on Firearm Violence Research and Prevention (2014) – American Psychological Association
• Reducing Firearm Injuries and Deaths in the United States: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians (2018) – American College of Physicians 
• Position Statement 72: Violence: Community Mental Health Response – Mental Health America
• Call for Comprehensive School Safety Measures and Common Sense Gun Violence Prevention Efforts – National Association of School Psychologists

Guns as a Public Health Crisis

• Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage - ABC News
• Gun violence is surging in cities, and hitting communities of color hardest - NBC News
• Canada bans assault-style weapons after its worst ever mass murder - CNN
• Gun Violence: A Public Health Problem - American Psychological Association
• A Public Health Approach to Gun Violence - Harvard Medical School
• AMA calls gun violence "a public health crisis" - American Medical Association
• A public health approach to preventing mass violence - The Hill
• Dr. Sakran on gun violence: We are facing a public health crisis - MSNBC

Guns and Children

• Firearm-Related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population – American Academy of Pediatrics
• Guns in the Home – American Academy of Pediatrics
  
• What are Active-Shooter Drills Doing to Kids? - The Atlantic
  
• Mitigating Psychological Effects of Lockdowns - National Association of School Psychologists
• Psychological effects of active shooter drills in schools - Baylor College of Medicine
  
• Creating a Trauma-Informed School Active Shooter/Intruder Drill – The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
• Active Shooter Drills Causing Trauma for Elementary School Children - ABC 4 Utah (KTVX)
  
• How Are Lockdown Drills Affecting American Kids? - Guns & America
  
• Mental Illness isn’t Main Driver of Mass Shootings, Experts Say - CBS News
  

Information on Mass Shootings and Mental Illness

• Mass Shootings and Mental Illness - American Psychiatric Association
  
• The Dangers of Linking Gun Violence and Mental Illness - Time
  
• Restoring A Sense of Safety in the Aftermath of A Mass Shooting: Tips for Parents and Professionals - Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
• How to talk to your kids about active-shooter drills at school - Today
• How to Talk to Kids About School Shootings - CNN

  
Allied Groups

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American College of Physicians
• American Medical Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Psychological Association
• Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS)
• National Association of School Psychologists
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)