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Americans, Once Again, Grapple With How to Stop Gun Violence

Posted October 5th, 2015 at 2:15 pm (UTC-4)
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Angst, anger and grief are on the minds of many Americans after last week’s mass shooting at a community college in Oregon. How did we get here – here being the near routine incidents of one person deliberately shooting completely innocent victims? Some observers are wading back into the debate over gun control, wielding studies and statistics to back their solution to this deadly epidemic.