Preventing Gun Violence: What Does the Evidence Show?

About this episode

Dr. Megan Ranney discusses the evidence surrounding gun violence and potential solutions.

In this episode, Yale School of Public Health’s Dean, Dr. Megan Ranney, talks about what the data show and what can potentially be done to address gun violence and mass shootings. Even here in Rhode Island, gun violence has made recent headlines. In December, an armed suspect killed two students at Brown University and wounded nine others. In February, an armed shooter killed two and injured three others before turning the gun on themselves at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket. But preve...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Philip Chan

Guest: Dr. Megan Ranney

Topics covered

• gun violence
• public health
• mass shootings
• data analysis
• Rhode Island

Keywords

• gun violence
• mass shootings
• public health
• Rhode Island
• data

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale School of Public Health

Places: Rhode Island, Brown University, Pawtucket

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