Gun control in the spotlight — again
<p>The recent mass killing in Maine will no doubt lead to a loud discussion about gun control. But guns led to more than 200 mass shootings in 2022 — about ten per week — more than one per day. Yet, despite gun violence researchers saying that there’s a contagion effect with every incident encouraging copy cats, little progress has been made.</p>
<p>Revenge-seeking males make up 98% of these shooters. Some shooters are White Supremacists, prompting the Justice Department to consider federal hate crime charges. A hate crimes expert at the Criminal Justice Program at Wake Forest University School of Law, said, “We’re seeing the confluence of violence, easy access to guns and political rhetoric that does not condemn and often supports violence against minorities.”</p>
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