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Why Does Gun Violence Happen? This San Quentin Program Asks the People Behind the Gun

Why Does Gun Violence Happen? This San Quentin Program Asks the People Behind the Gun

The Bay

August 25, 202521m 0s

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In the Arms Down program at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly San Quentin State Prison, “firearm addiction” is treated like an alcohol addiction. Its founders, all of whom are currently incarcerated men, say that talking about why perpetrators of gun violence carry guns in the first place is their contribution to gun violence prevention from behind bars. 

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