Guns, violence, politics
The gyre widens
Quick Summary
- Increases in firearm purchasing, violence, and political extremism create conditions for political violence in the USA. Collective and individual action to prevent political violence and protect democracy is warranted.
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.
Inter-related upward trends in firearm purchasing, violence, and political extremism are converging to put the USA at risk for disaster in the months ahead. We have no time to waste if we are to prevent the loss of thousands of lives and emerge with our democracy intact.
Citation
Wintemute GJ. Guns, violence, politics: the gyre widens. Injury Epidemiology. 2021 Nov 2;8(1):64.
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- Read the study in Injury Epidemiology