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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-used-to-think-gun-control-was-the-answer-my-research-told-me-otherwise/2017/10/03/d33edca6-a851-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.c2eb21aa3f77[/quote]
I remember when this op ed came out and it frustrated me to no end — she barely brings in any data/research. There is a growing body of sound evidence (as in not just basic statistics from the FBI) that show that communities with more guns have more gun deaths.

That said, I don’t think national gun “control” regulation is the be all, end all answer to this issue. I think there need to be local reforms and local programs as well. [u]What need really need is to stop viewing the issue of gun violence by identifying what one or two laws would have prevented the mass shooting du jour.[/u] It should be a big picture public health approach that includes more and better research, used to identify potential solutions that would have maximum impact on gun deaths overall. Mass shootings are horrific and sensationalized but they don’t represent a large proportion of gun violence incidents. I think that’s what this author was trying to say, dispelling myths about gun violence, but she did a poor job of portraying that. [/quote]

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