George Skelton: This firearms researcher says America is on a collision course with disaster. We need to listen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Guns, violence and political extremism are on the rise. And America risks disaster — sooner than later.
That's the view of a longtime University of California firearms researcher whose hard-hitting report was published last week in the journal Injury Epidemiology.
"Upward trends in firearm purchasing, violence and political extremism are converging to put the USA at risk for disaster in the months ahead," Garen Wintemute warned in introducing the report. "We have no time to waste if we are to prevent the loss of thousands of lives and emerge with our
