What happens when guns and love go wrong? As October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we are honored to share the work of TEDMED Speaker April Zeoli, an expert in intimate partner violence and gun violence. Watch her TEDMED Talk “The frightening frequency of family mass shootings,” to learn about the deadly complications that arise when gun violence and domestic violence meet.
This Week’s TEDMED Talk
The frightening frequency of family mass shootings
April Zeoli, Public Health Criminologist
Acts of gun violence and domestic violence create many of the heart wrenching stories that plague us today. Public Health Criminologist April Zeolihas spent her career analyzing gun and domestic violence trends, with a particular focus on where guns and love interact. She shares that while the media places attention on frightening public mass shootings, the truth is that a majority of mass shootings are “family mass murders” or forms of intimate partner homicide. Moreover, she stresses, most mass murders in this country are committed with guns, “no other weapon even comes close.” When gun violence and domestic violence meet, tactics of coercion, manipulation, and power come to the forefront in a deadly way. Yet, April believes there is hope – will common sense policy changes, she suggests ways for our country to dramatically reduce both intimate partner violence and related mass shootings.
Leaving a lasting impression, April Zeoli speaks up for victims of gun violence and domestic violence through an objective, analytical lens. Watch her TEDMED Talk, “The frightening frequency of family mass shootings,” now on TEDMED.com.
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Best,
The TEDMED Team
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