As I approach Sept. 11, many feelings come over me. I did not know anyone killed in the 2001 terrorist attack, but I share in the national grief as if something happened to my family.

I know 2,977 families were impacted and more continue to suffer long-term effects. I can only begin to imagine each family’s ongoing suffering. Yet, there is little any of us can do to prevent subsequent deaths or lessen the suffering of survivors and their families.

What terrifies me, however, is that most of us are inured to over 80,000 individuals and their families being devastated by the effects of the death of a family member from a gunshot or being hit by an automobile every year. A gun or car is under the control of a person who may be negligent or, at worst, guilty of disregarding the safety of oth

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