This is a long, powerful article about gun violence and suicides, by Madeline Drexler, the editor of “Harvard Public Health.” Read the whole thing. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine-features/guns-and-suicide-the-hidde…
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Far too often guns are improperly stored where kids can get at them. Often, unlocked and loaded, they end up in the hands of children, resulting in the injury or death of the child, a playmate, or a family member.
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A group of medical organizations representing most U.S. physicians concluded that gun violence is a public health crisis, since it claims the lives of over 33,000 Americans every year. The coalition, which includes the American Public Health Association, issued a
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In ten states, lawmakers are supporting bills that they claim would reduce sexual violence on college campuses–by arming students with guns. Easily accessible guns on campus won’t reduce violence. Instead, they’ll put even more students in danger, and this article
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Representative Earl Blumenauer speaks out about how we need to study gun violence and how to prevent it. We also need to take action to stop it. There is no reason that tens of thousands of people must die from
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