The solutions offered are ineffective, or target one kind of gun crime when meant for another, or run up against fundamental realities of American culture.
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here is little doubt that the past two years have seen a serious crime spike in the United States. The gun-crime rise has been especially disturbing. Using 2019 — before the pandemic and the protests — as a baseline, gun homicides rose 35 percent by the end of 2021, and mass shootings (four or more injured or killed in a single incident) leapt an eye-popping 66 percent.
After all this bloodshed, why, two decades into the 21st century, can’t we get our gun-crime problem in hand? Before we launch with the usual nostrums — ban semi-automatic weapons, increase background checks on …
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