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Confronting Gun Violence in the US

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Confronting Gun Violence in the US
Gun enthusiasts attend the South Florida Gun Show at Dade County Youth Fairgrounds in Miami, Florida, on February 17, 2018. MICHELE EVE SANDBERG/AFP/Getty Images
David Kilgour
David Kilgour
Human Right Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
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A headline about America’s ongoing gun crisis shows “1,624 mass shootings in 1,870 days”—a pattern unparalleled anywhere else in the world.

No other developed nation comes close to the rate of U.S. gun violence. Americans own about 265 million guns, more than one gun for every adult.

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David Kilgour
David Kilgour
Human Right Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
David Kilgour, J.D., former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific, senior member of the Canadian Parliament and nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work related to the investigation of forced organ harvesting crimes against Falun Gong practitioners in China, He was a Crowne Prosecutor and longtime expert commentator of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong and human rights issues in Africa. He co-authored Bloody Harvest: Killed for Their Organs and La Mission au Rwanda.