4 Most community gun violence is highly concentrated within under-resourced city neighborhoods. It occurs in public places - streets, parks, front porches - in cities across the United States, and it makes up the majority of gun homicides that occur in the United States. This form of gun violence disproportionately impacts Black and Hispanic/Latino individuals. Public Health Approach to Gun Violence PreventionĬommunity gun violence is a form of interpersonal gun violence (assaults) that takes place between non-intimately related individuals in cities.Assault Weapons and Large Capacity Magazines.