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Quantifying the social cost of firearms: a new approach to gun control

  • Written by Timothy M. Smith, Professor of Sustainable Systems Management & International Business, University of Minnesota
imageGuns have another kind of price tag.Jim Young/Reuters

Another week in America, another week of sadness and hand-wringing prompted by gun violence.

While the most recent incidents are tinged by race, they also point to a country awash in guns and the too many deaths that result from their use (or abuse). But are these shootings any more likely to...

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