Gamma Pi |
Gun violence in the United States: Competing frames and policy tensions |
| Date: Feb 4, 2019 at 4:00pm to 5:30pm | |
Gun violence represents a significant social problem in the United States. In a single week, the U.S. experiences, on average, over 1,200 gun-related incidents, including accidents, suicides, homicides, and mass shootings. Of all developed nations, the U.S. has - by far - the highest rates of gun ownership and gun violence.
Many competing lenses frame the primary causes or drivers of the unique and multi-faceted problem of gun violence in the U.S., lenses that invoke perspectives on crime, race, mental health, immigration, and other contentious issues. Moreover, the topic of gun violence results in extremely heated, bitter, and politically-divisive policy debates. This will be a moderated discussion with a panel of experts who have competing views on how best to frame or define the problem of gun violence and priority policy solutions.
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