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Public Health: Gun Violence

American Public Health Association

American Public Health Association (APHA) and Gun Violence
For Science. For Action. For Health.
Why Can't the U.S. Treat Gun Violence as a Public-Health Problem?
A 1996 bill has had a chilling effect on the CDC’s ability to research firearms.
Sarah Zhang The Atlantic 15-FEB-18
A public health approach to stemming gun violence
Harvard Chan School of Public Health 04-OCT-17

American Psychiatric Association

Psychiatry Online, Gun Violence & Mental Health

Chronicle of Higher Education articles

America Draws Students From Around the World. Its gun culture is pushing them away.

Gun Violence Archive

Gun Violence Archive

Forensic Magazine

Keeping Guns Away from Potential Mass Shooters
Friday, January 24, 2020.
"Under federal law, when people are convicted of domestic violence misdemeanor crimes, they are prohibited from purchasing and possessing guns for the rest of their lives. However, holes in the system allow potential mass shooters to slip through the cracks."