University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform Volume 47 2014 What Will It Take? Terrorism, Mass Murder, Gang Violence, and Suicides: The American Way, Or Do We Strive for a Better Way? Katherine L. Record Harvard Law School Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation Lawrence O. Gostin Georgetown University Law Center Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr Part of the Law and Politics Commons, Legislation Commons, National Security Law Commons, and the Second Amendment Commons Recommended Citation Katherine L. Record & Lawrence O. Gostin, What Will It Take? Terrorism, Mass Murder, Gang Violence, and Suicides: The American Way, Or Do We Strive for a Better Way?, 47 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 555 (2014). Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/vol47/iss3/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform by an authorized editor of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. WHAT WILL IT TAKE? TERRORISM, MASS MURDER, GANG VIOLENCE, AND SUICIDES: THE AMERICAN WAY, OR DO WE STRIVE FOR A BETTER WAY? Katherine L. Record* Lawrence O. Gostin** The assertion that access to firearms makes us safe, rather than increases the likeli- hood that oneself or a family member will die, is contradicted by a large body of evidence. Gunshots kill more than 30,000 Americans each year.