Opinion | Gabby Giffords: It's the Guns. It's Always the Guns.
Briefly

In the weeks that followed the 2011 Tucson shooting, there were numerous arguments about the causes and consequences. However, the truth is simple: access to guns by dangerous individuals leads to tragic outcomes.
The current state of gun violence is alarming, with two assassination attempts on a former president within two months. This should be a wake-up call that guns, not rhetoric, are central to these incidents.
Political rhetoric is crucial, but it isn’t the main factor in recent shootings. The real issue lies with dangerous individuals gaining access to firearms, threatening public safety everywhere.
The recent patterns of gun violence create a climate of fear, where kids in Kentucky are doing schoolwork at home due to the threat of shootings. That’s the crisis we need to address.
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