Read the following quote from Nicholas Kristof: “I've always been interested in public health approaches because it seems to me we have this yearning for silver bullets, and that is not in fact how change comes about.
Read the following quote from Nicholas Kristof: “I’ve always been interested in public health approaches because it seems to me we have this yearning for silver bullets, and that is not in fact how change comes about. Change comes through silver buckshot — a lot of little things that achieve results. That’s a classic public health approach.”
Nicholas Kristof’s ‘Path’ to More Effective Giving. Knowledge@Wharton (2014, November 11). Retrieved from http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/nicholas-kristofs-path-to-more-effective-giving/
Now you will consider the controversial topic of gun control and mass shootings, a major public health issue. Assuming that in the case of mass shootings the silver bullet is gun control, make an evidence-based argument, supported with hard data and cited properly, to either refute Kristof’s statement or support it. Focus your post on using an upstream approach and discussing what solutions you recommend.
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