As we mourn last week’s killings in California, we should not lose sight of the forest for the trees.
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Dr Jaclyn Schildkraut is the interim executive director of the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the Rockefeller Institute of Government. S... he is a national expert on the topic of mass and school shootings and has authored more than 50 books, journal articles, and policy briefs.
As we mourn last week’s killings in California, we should not lose sight of the forest for the trees.