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Look to the Evidence
Numbers are dispassionate. They
represent a measurement, a tally, a
pr ic e. A s hu ma ns , howe ver, we often at t ach
interpretation, meaning and emotion
to them. And that’s when things get
complicated.
In our cover story, frequent Discover
contributor Russ Juskalian takes the
numbers we’ve got and examines gun
violence through them. He explores what
it would look like to approach firearm
injuries and deaths as a public health
issue. What would it mean to study gun
violence with a robust effort and solid
research, as we now do with highway and
workplace safety?
The study of car safety, for example,
ha sn’t a lway s be en pa r t of ou r soc iet a l lens.
It took decades before we realized that,
based on substantial (and continuing)
science-driven research, we could figure
out ways to save lives. Researchers have pushed for years for this public
health approach to beat back the toll of gun violence.
The potential for reforms are out there, with the evidence lying
in wait, in the numbers.
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Becky Lang,
Editor in Chief
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