Data on gun violence would save lives — just like it has for car crashes
Dr Emmy Betz publishes an opinion piece in The Hill
Apr 8, 2021
In 2010, total U.S. traffic deaths fell to their lowest level since the 1950s – due in part to more motorists buying into “buckling up and embracing safety innovations.” Motor vehicle death rates have remained roughly steady since that time despite more people driving.
Over the same decades, however, firearm death rates have remained steady and now started to rise. Why?
Let’s start by unpacking what led to the decrease in traffic deaths. Spoiler alert: It wasn’t a single “magic bullet.” Rather, it was a combination of approaches under the “three E’s of injury prevention” — education, engineering and enactment.
Read more at The Hill >>>
Over the same decades, however, firearm death rates have remained steady and now started to rise. Why?
Let’s start by unpacking what led to the decrease in traffic deaths. Spoiler alert: It wasn’t a single “magic bullet.” Rather, it was a combination of approaches under the “three E’s of injury prevention” — education, engineering and enactment.
Read more at The Hill >>>