Gun crime

Fewer guns, fewer shootings: Focus on gun offenders to reduce violence

2nd April 2021

Justin Nix, Assoc. Professor, University of Nebraska Omaha

OPINION: Levels of violent crime across America saw an unprecedented increase in 2020; in this latest essay from the Violence Reduction Project, Professor Justin Nix argues that revisiting a successful St Louis ‘consent to search’ project which took more than 400 guns off the street could reduce violence and save lives.

A New Zealand firearms register is essential to cut gun crime and avoid routine arming, says Police Association

30th March 2021

Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

INTERVIEW: A six-month trial of armed response teams in New Zealand last year didn’t lead to the routine arming of officers; now New Zealand Police Association President Chris Cahill is calling for a national firearms register to be urgently introduced, to cut the number of guns going to criminals, as Policing Insight Deputy Editor Sarah Gibbons reports.