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 used to think gun control was a way to stop mass shootings. But when she was working at stats blog 

, Libresco and her colleagues looked at all the lives lost to gun violence each year, and to what extent interventions in the form of regulations might have saved some of those people. 

 back in October 2017, Libresco described how she learned that gun control legislation would not have prevented most of America's gun deaths. 

Libresco spoke to MPR News host Kerri Miller about how her deep dive into the numbers led her to change how she thought American society needs to address the problem of gun violence. It's not through sweeping legislation that aims to ban guns, Libresco said, but rather through an approach that helps protect victims and reform potential killers.

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Statistician Leah Libresco used to think gun control was a way to stop mass shootings. But then she dug into the numbers.

Statistician Leah Libresco used to think gun control was a way to stop mass shootings. Then she dug into the numbers and changed her mind. She spoke to host Kerri Miller about her piece in the Washington Post.

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