Science publications have responded with passion to the massacres of seniors at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York,
“a lasting stop to the political obstruction” against federally funded gun violence research, adding, “We need to become the kind of country that says the lives of children are more valuable than the right to weapons that have killed them.
“Science can show that gun restrictions make societies safer,” Thorp wrote. “Science can show that mental illness is not a determinative factor in mass shootings. And science can show that racism is measurable and leads to violence.” He urged readers to “[p]ush lawmakers to finally break the partisan gridlock that has made moments of silence a regular observance,” adding: “The National Rifle Association and its minions must be defeated.
This is a call to arms in a good way. It represents an attempt by the scientific community to again lead a battle it tried to launch three decades ago to study gun violence and inspire effective prevention policies. Back then, scientists were crushed by craven politics. But the death toll from sidelining them has proven devastating.this spring by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health University said the nation has lost 1,357,000 victims to firearms in the last 40 years.
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