For those of us working to reduce gun violence in America, we have been wondering when, and if, President Obama and Governor Romney would speak about the issue that most elected officials continue to run away from: guns.
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For too many of us, we hear about gun violence, we talk about it, we mourn it, but to be honest, we've never witnessed it.
What I hope you will see is that what follows from this invite from Einstein to Freud about war can indeed be useful to us today in talking about gun violence.
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The debate on gun violence in the US was rekindled earlier this month by the shootings at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, which left 20 children and six adults dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Perhaps there is something wrong with American culture, then, that makes us more likely to abuse our gun ownership rights, or that makes us more prone to violence in general.
As a person deeply affected by gun violence, he communicated with us as a way of contributing to the ongoing dialogue he has established.
Whether judged insane and then probably committed for life or judged sane and probably sentenced to death, let us not forget that this horrific, heinous example of random gun violence should not have happened.
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Or perhaps the best option, given what's at stake, is for us to find a creative compromise that would serve the immediate purpose of reducing gun violence without registration.
On Monday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said tighter gun control laws are part of the answer to violence in the US, but stressed that the president did not have a specific policy to announce.
On Monday, the White House spokesman said that tighter gun control laws were only part of the answer to violence in the US, and that "no single action will fully address the problem".
"The fact that the safest big city in America is safer than ever is a testament to the hard work and determination of the men and women who put their lives on the line for us every day -- and it also reflects our commitment to doing everything possible to stop gun violence, " Bloomberg said.
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Ninety per cent of the guns used in the current wave of drugs violence came from the US, he said, and he pointed out that there were 11, 000 gun stores in towns and cities close to the Mexican border.
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