Guns, violence, politics: the gyre widens

Abstract Inter-related sustained upward trends in firearm purchasing, violence, and political extremism are converging to put the USA at risk for disaster and threaten our future as a democracy. This narrative review provides a critical assessment and call to action. It explores each trend separatel...

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Autor principal:	Garen J. Wintemute
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Firearms Violence Community violence Political violence Domestic terrorism Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid RC86-88.9 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ef5e88d5bc9c482ba0851fa5c4b272052021-11-08T10:59:07ZGuns, violence, politics: the gyre widens10.1186/s40621-021-00357-32197-1714https://doaj.org/article/ef5e88d5bc9c482ba0851fa5c4b272052021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-021-00357-3https://doaj.org/toc/2197-1714Abstract Inter-related sustained upward trends in firearm purchasing, violence, and political extremism are converging to put the USA at risk for disaster and threaten our future as a democracy. This narrative review provides a critical assessment and call to action. It explores each trend separately, considers the effects of their likely and imminent convergence, and suggests possibilities for collective and individual action to prevent or at least reduce those effects.Garen J. WintemuteBMCarticleFirearmsViolenceCommunity violencePolitical violenceDomestic terrorismMedical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aidRC86-88.9Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENInjury Epidemiology, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2021)
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description	Abstract Inter-related sustained upward trends in firearm purchasing, violence, and political extremism are converging to put the USA at risk for disaster and threaten our future as a democracy. This narrative review provides a critical assessment and call to action. It explores each trend separately, considers the effects of their likely and imminent convergence, and suggests possibilities for collective and individual action to prevent or at least reduce those effects.
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Guns, violence, politics: the gyre widens

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