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I'll tell you why: because many of these deaths are preventable, particularly the deaths of children.

It's a red herring to talk about heart disease and cancer. Old people have to die of something. Children don't, and in other countries they don't die by being shot.

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The priorities here are all backwards. The leading cause of death among those 15-24 is suicide. More people die in the U.S. from suicide than from car accidents or murder. The lifetime prevalence of mental health disorders is 1 in 3. Mental health spending now surpasses all cancers combined, yet where is the cultural emphasis on treating it like any other preventable and treatable illness?

The issue here isn't guns. It's how we diagnose, manage, and treat brain health.