Gun Violence Prevention
LEADERSHIP
Position:
- Executive Director, JCIRP
- Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Emergency Medicine, & Population Health
1015 Walnut Street
Suite 703
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Email:
Stanton.Miller@jefferson.edu
Contact Number(s):
Partnering with Communities to Prevent Gun Violence
Compared to someone without access, someone with access to guns in their home is three times more likely to commit suicide and nearly twice as likely to be the victim of a homicide.
(Kurtzman, 2014)
The majority of gun owners are men, who also tend to choose more lethal means of suicide. Promoting proper gun safety measures can prevent suicide and accidental deaths, but gun owners do not always have access to these safety resources.
Gun-related Injuries & Deaths in Philadelphia
14,000
In the City of Philadelphia alone, gun violence has killed or injured more than 14,000 people since 2015. (Office of the Controller, 2023)