Politicians have failed to deal with gun violence. Give medical officials a chance

The past three months have seen mass shootings of schoolchildren in Uvalde, Texas, and July Fourth celebrants in Highland Park, Illinois. Cries for greater gun control to stop such avoidable, premature deaths grow after each event. President Joe Biden recently signed a gun control measure into law, but overall, little substantive change has occurred and is unlikely to occur anytime soon. Politicians have had their chance. Let someone else take the wheel — namely, the medical community. I’m a data scientist, and data informs much of my thinking and decisions. A few years ago, I studied trends i...