Asked about gun violence in their debate last week, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) both focused their answers on school shootings, an issue that often dominates the headlines but represents a tiny fraction of American deaths from firearms.
Experts say that while discussions around and solutions to mass shootings are imperative, the everyday gun violence Americans face can get lost in the shuffle.
“When we see what’s known as a public mass shooting […] those do tend to get a lot of headlines, and they’re extremely traumatizing, very scary and impactful, obviously for those who are injured, but then also for the entire community. And so, it makes sense why they get coverage, but those sorts of shootings only represent a small fraction of the gun violence or the gun homicides that we see every day,” said Kelly Sampson, director of racial justice and senior counsel for Brady United.
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