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Gun Violence: The Global Crisis (2007)



A thousand people die every day by gunshots, and three times as many are severely injured. If the death, injury and disability resulting from small arms were categorized as a disease, we would view it as an epidemic. As a man-made vector of injury, guns are manifestly bad for human health. No country is immune.

Gun Violence: The Global Crisis (2007)

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