We know that there are several predisposing factors to gun violence: poverty, lack of education, lack of good … - Joycelyn Elders

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Joycelyn Elders

We know that there are several predisposing factors to gun violence: poverty, lack of education, lack of good parenting, lack of jobs, living in an environment where violence is seen every day, all the time. And children being born to children are likely to have all of these predisposing factors.

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