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Chicago study finds gun violence to be contagious

by Andrew Shepperson

Experts and politicians have often compared gun violence to an infectious disease, using the term as a ready-made metaphor during debates and talk shows, but sociologists say that comparison could be something more than a simple rhetorical device.

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