Every Public Health Crisis Has Been Addressed By Turning To The ResearchExcept Gun Violence

Take motor vehicles. 50 Years ago, now, we
faced an epidemic. We got scientists involved, we gave them research -- funding for research.
We said give us answers. Policymakers stood ready to put those answers into new policies
and programs and 50 years later, the motor vehicle death rate has been decreased by 60 percent,
even though we drive much more.

Weve done it for heart disease, weve
done it for cancer. Were in the early stages of doing this with opioids and heroin. Theres this one exception. Theres firearm
violence where we consistently, consciously, deliberately have turned our back on the tools
that we ordinarily use to address tough problems like these.

More than from motor vehicle crashes. Rates
havent changed in a decade..