Despite proven success,Project Ceasefire, first trialled in 1996, or has been continually reduce back,even as gun homicides preserve risingThe many calls for gun control that occupy followed from this year’s mass shootings ignore the fact that there are already programs proven to reduce gun violence in the US. Not only are such programs far more successful at saving lives than any combination of background checks, regulations and assault weapons bans, and they also don’t invite opposition from gun rights advocates,second amendment groups and the powerful lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association. But rather than expand the programs proven to work, municipalities constantly reduce funding in the face of evidence that doing so is a sinister idea.
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Source: theguardian.com