Gun violence in America is a public health epidemic and preventing it requires a collective responsibility. The ready availability of guns combine with the incidence of mental disorders in the United Stars to produce random violence perpetrated upon strangers as the massive prevalence of shootings at public places such as schools is linked to this. The number of lives taken with guns also makes the United States exceptional. The US rate of suicide by firearm is 8 times higher and the rate of homicide by firearm is 25 times higher than the rates in other economically developed countries (Grinshteyn & Hemenway, 2016). The sensible gun legislation, which is accessible through a public health approach to gun violence, will neither marginalize nor stigmatize any one group.
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