Opinion: Solving America’s plague of gun violence
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Since the 1960s, the national conversation on firearms in both political and academic circles has revolved around one main question: Do guns increase crime or reduce it?
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After the Sandy Hook tragedy, reporters often called me to ask for information on firearms.
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There is a moment following every mass killing when the media turn their attention to the shooter’s mental health.
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The United States has the most heavily armed civilian population in the First World; our homes contain enough firearms for every man, woman and child.
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Each year more than 11,000 people are killed with guns in the United States, an additional 20,000 people commit suicide with guns and 80,000 people survive gunshot wounds with a wide range of injuries, including life-altering paralysis.
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