{"id":238997,"date":"2026-07-09T03:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238997\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T03:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:19:11","slug":"pennsylvania-violence-policy-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238997\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania &#8211; Violence Policy Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-fetchpriority=\"high\" data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='wp-site-blocks']\/*[2][self::MAIN]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-dominant-color=\"e9e7e6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e9e7e6;\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PAmap375.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5533 not-transparent\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gun violence has a significant impact on communities: both nationally and in Pennsylvania. In 2024, guns claimed 44,447 lives in the United States. Of these, 1,624 Pennsylvania lives were lost to guns in suicides (1,079), homicides (503), and other firearm deaths (42).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comprehensive, reliable data is the foundation for effective public policy. Such information not only helps quantify public health threats, but also aids in the identification and implementation of effective solutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publication<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/gunindustryaccountability.org\/issue\/pennsylvanias-hidden-gun-manufacturers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pennsylvania\u2019s Hidden Gun Manufacturers<\/a> (May 2026)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vpc.org\/press\/new-violence-policy-center-study-reveals-hidden-gun-manufacturers-across-pennsylvania\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Press Release<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vpc.org\/pennsylvanias-hidden-gun-manufacturers-social-media-graphics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View Social Media Graphics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gun violence has a significant impact on communities: both nationally and in Pennsylvania. In 2024, guns claimed 44,447&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-238997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}