School Shootings: Creating Safer Schools
Shootings in schools remain common in the United States, and incite particular outrage as the lives of students, many of whom are minors, are put at risk. The reasons for school shootings may be related to exposure to violence, firearm access, or lack of
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Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence in the United States
Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence in the United States
Marie Crandall • Stephanie Bonne Jennifer Bronson • Woodie Kessel Editors
Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence in the United States
Editors Marie Crandall Department of Surgery University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL USA Jennifer Bronson NRI Falls Church, VA USA
Stephanie Bonne Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Newark, NJ USA Woodie Kessel School of Public Health University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD USA
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Dedication The sun is up, but not shining…our aching hearts have blocked its life giving rays…our brains and our whole being are aggrieved… our dear friend Jeremy Richman—a scientist, an educator, a true champion for good, a hero in a world replete with evil…has fallen. Jeremy and Jennifer Richman created the Avielle Foundation to prevent violence and improve compassion following the tragic death of their daughter Avielle at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut. It is evident that the nightmare of gun violence does not end with an empty clip. Trauma may reemerge any time, giving new meaning to the adage, “See something. Say something!”
Preface
Gun Violence Is a Public Health Crisis In 2018 nearly 40,000 people died from gun violence. In fact, more Americans have died of civilian firearm injuries since 1960 than all deaths from all wars that the United States has
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