Preventing gun violence and other gun tragedies in Texas through education, partnerships, and policy change.
OUR MISSION IS TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE AND OTHER GUN TRAGEDIES IN TEXAS THROUGH EDUCATION, PARTNERSHIPS, AND POLICY CHANGE.
By the Numbers
The annual cost of gun violence in Texas.
Source: EveryStat
In Texas,
of female intimate partner homicide victims are killed by gun.
Source: Johns Hopkins CGVS
At least
of gun deaths in Texas each year are due to suicide.
Source: EveryStat
At least
of suicides by Texas veterans are with a firearm.
Source: VA
More than
Texans are shot and killed each year.
Source: Johns Hopkins CGVS
The gun homicide rate has increased by
from 2014 to 2023.
Source: EveryStat
Black people are
as likely to die by gun homicide than their white counterparts.
Source: Johns Hopkins CGVS
Texas has the
rate of gun homicides & gun assaults in the U.S.
Source: EveryStat