The Death Penalty is Not An Intervention to Gun Violence by Jacqueline Lantsman

There is no question that gun violence is a public health crisis. It penetrates communities physically, taking loved ones abruptly, and retraumatizes victim families with persistence. Just yesterday, two young lives were taken and three wounded at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, and every day, over 100 Americans are projected to die from gun violence. Gun violence incites fear, anger, and a sense of hopelessness, as Americans feel suffocated in their capacity to lead grassroots-change against the 5.2 million spent by the gun lobby, in 2017 alone. We are aware that structural change modeled after other public health interventions is the single way to move forward.

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