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Social Workers Set Sights on Preventing Gun Violence

Beyond Advocacy

The recent tragic mass shooting in Lewistown, Maine , once again focused the nation’s attention on the growing menace of guns and firearms in the United States. The event was sponsored by The Silver School of Social Work at New York University and the University of Buffalo School of Social Work, in addition to the Crown School.

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NASW Member Voices: Mass shootings herald rising white supremacist movement

Social Work Blog

Which likely gave license for these groups to flourish — often in plain sight. The truth is that the Buffalo race-based violence was one of the several such warning signs of the rapid growth of violent white supremacy. Reducing access to guns will not end race-driven hate. Reducing access to guns will not end race-driven hate.