Reply to "Gun Violence, A Public Health Issue?"

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I think if we tackled ACEs, much gun violence would disappear. Lots of the deaths by guns in rural areas are due to suicide with suicide being highly correlated to ACEs.

In my rural area, guns are a part of the culture of hunting (and we eat what we hunt) but they also kill people. I had a gun pointed at me several times by a mentally ill father with a high ACE score. Nothing was ever done to deal with his ACEs and he died at 62 - 20 years early. I want people to maintain their cultural identity - but I would like to see a massive educational campaign on the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences --- EVERYWHERE. Reducing ACEs would be the best means of reducing mental health concerns and gun violence everywhere.

Thank you DeAngelo

4/7/166:39 AM

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