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Researcher Advocates For Understanding Gun Trauma As 1st Step Toward Preventing Violence05:35
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As the U.S. reels from two mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado, legislators are grappling with what meaningful gun control reform looks like.
Researcher Jennifer Carlson co-wrote in a New York Times op-ed that Americans need to understand gun trauma and its ripple effects in order to treat the public health crisis of gun violence.
Host Peter O'Dowd speaks with Carlson, a sociologist at the University of Arizona, about her research and its impact on policymaking.
This segment aired on March 29, 2021.