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Professor David Kennedy’s Op-Ed on Gun Control Published in the LA Times

In an op-ed in Saturday's Los Angeles Times, Professor David Kennedy, Director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control at the John Jay, writes that the current gun control debate is missing the point where most of the nation's gun crime is missing the point where most of the nation's gun crime is concerned, but that ready-to-hand approaches are available.

Instead of contentious legislation, Kennedy argues, the nation must focus police and social services on 'hot' groups and places. Read more at the LA Times as Kennedy effective approaches to reducing violent crime.