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How Communities Can Approach Gun Violence in U.S. Cities

As the country responds to Wednesday’s shooting at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical campus that left multiple people dead, and as people continue to mourn the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, local leaders and gun violence experts are discussing how they can respond to and curb future violence. The shooting in Uvalde, which left 19 students…

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