Shooting-Free Days Decline in Major U.S. Cities
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- Shooting-free days (SFDs) and related metrics introduced to assess gun violence prevention progress.
- Decline in shooting-free days observed in 9 out of 10 largest U.S. cities from 2015 to 2024.
- New metrics include shooting death–free days (SDFDs), consecutive shooting–free days (CSFDs), and multiple shooting–free days (MSFDs).
- San Diego had the highest number of shooting-free days; Chicago had the lowest.
- Jacksonville was the only city showing improvement in one metric over time.
- Phoenix and Dallas–Fort Worth showed significant declines across all metrics.
- Metrics highlight periods of success to guide policy and interventions.
- Data sourced from Gun Violence Archive (GVA), tracking firearm incidents from 7,500+ sources.
- Future studies could explore neighborhood-level metrics and links to poverty/sociodemographic factors.
- Monthly or weekly neighborhood-level metrics suggested for real-time intervention assessment.