6 Real Ways We Can Reduce Gun Violence in America
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Columbine. Sandy Hook. Virginia Tech. Las Vegas. The names of America’s mass shootings have become as hauntingly familiar as the responses to them–a now predictable cycle of thoughts and prayers, calls for new gun laws, debate over their need and then, usually, little else. Until the next one.
No other developed country has such a high rate of gun violence. A March 2016 study in the American Journal of Medicine found that Americans are 25 times more likely to die from gun homicide than people in other wealthy countries. There are commonsense steps we can take to reduce that toll, but they require acknowledging certain truths.
1. Buying a gun should be like buying a car.
2. Pass gun laws that actually reduce gun violence.
3. Doctors can help reduce gun violence. Let them.
4. Invest in smart gun technology.
5. Eliminate funding restrictions on gun violence research.
6. End legal immunity for gun manufacturers.
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