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Above The Noise
Why Isn't There More Research About Gun Violence?
Season 2
Episode 16
Compared to other wealthy nations around the world, the rate of gun deaths in the U.S. is pretty off the charts. So why isn’t there more government-funded research about the problem, the way there is for other major public health crises? It all comes down to politics.
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