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Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

We can't guarantee that these initiatives will stop Michigan's ongoing epidemic of gun violence. But doing nothing is a recipe for more of the same.

The Dickey Amendment prohibited use of federal funds to "advocate or promote gun control," leading to the elimination of all CDC funding for firearm-related research.

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- This report is a part of "Rethinking Gun Violence," an ABC News series examining the level of gun violence in the U.S. -- and what can be done about it. Gun violence is an endemic problem in the United States -- once again getting worse in some areas after many years of declines and persistent at high levels in others. Despite being one of the leading causes of death, one thing that's difficult to know is the scope of the problem, fueled in part by a more than a two-decade-long prohibition -- recently changed -- on the Centers for Disease Control and Preve...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- This report is a part of "Rethinking Gun Violence," an ABC News series examining the level of gun violence in the U.S. -- and what can be