Live Chat: The Science of Gun Violence http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Each year, roughly 30,000 people in the United States die of firearm-related homicides and suicides. When President Barack Obama recently unveiled his ambitious gun control agenda, he called the death toll ?a public health crisis? and ended a 17-year freeze on federally funded gun violence research. What are the risk factors for gun violence? How can we prevent it? And who should study these questions? Join us for a live chat at 3 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 31, on this page with two scientists who are asking big questions about gun violence in the United States.



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