The Guardian thinks it can make a difference when it comes to gun violence

they call "break cycle." they've raised 11,000, out of 100k need. think can make difference changing way people talk gun violence in america, reporting in different way. it's interesting, don't think they're gonna meet 100k goal.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ence-epidemic-help-us-change-the-conversation


"gun violence in america follows ritualized playbook. shootings happen, outrage expressed, debate ensues, preventive measures suggested. backlash begins. , nothing happens.

it’s clear cyclical way media covers america’s gun violence letting politicians off hook. within days of each massacre, satellite trucks pack up, headlines fade , brief opening national conversation ends.

seem have reached settled view gun violence: politics difficult; impossible bring meaningful reform; , mass shooting every few weeks becoming normal.

it’s time different approach.

today, guardian launches break cycle, new series change way media covers american gun violence – , challenge orthodoxy gun reform hopeless pursuit. asking our readers support series making contribution.

want take issue vested interests distort terms of debate own benefit. want spotlight progress has been made, , offer possible solutions. recognise challenges in changing terms of debate – precisely role of organization guardian.

series begins today story 10 recent victories in gun violence prevention, profile of what it’s survivors of previous mass shootings watch coverage of new one.

accept america’s gun violence intractable problem insult memory of of have died gun violence.research suggests while americans support second amendment right bear arms, large majorities open considering measures of control. partisan agendas out of step shifts in public opinion happening on ground.

our commitment report, on sustained period, works prevent violence. our coverage guided research , evidence. acknowledge there is wrong polarised coverage – on both sides. dismissing gun owners paranoid or irrational 1 of fundamental errors of current debate.

if want save lives, need recognize gun owners , gun rights advocates important partners.

saving lives not question of how deal grotesque eruptions of mass shootings. more 36,000 people die gunshot wounds in america each year – , more 20,000 of suicides. drive change, must examine domestic violence, accidental killings, , disproportionate burden of gun violence on communities of color.

“this isn’t guns situation,” president said, after gunman long history of violent behavior killed men, women, , children military-style rifle @ church on sunday morning in rural texas. except is.

gun violence uniquely american disease. scale of gun ownership , deaths unrivaled in other developed country in world.

millions of americans want gun violence , want show them what’s possible, , what’s working.

caren teves, mother of alex, 1 of victims of aurora movie theatre killings in 2012, says in our opening piece in series sheer horror of mass shootings barrier americans endorsing political change. “a lot of people don’t want grasp it, because it’s awful.” if, after mass shootings 20 years ago, “we stood , said, ‘enough enough,’ alex still alive. he’d still here.”

politicians have taken insisting after mass shootings “now not time” talk reform. tell caren teves.

break cycle , change how talk gun violence in america."

 

agree - don’t think make it. if wil go nowhere.
same old rhetoric new lipstick.

 

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