The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planett

From Rising Mercury to Rising Murders: Climate Change and Gun Violence

June 18, 2023 Rico Verde
The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planett
From Rising Mercury to Rising Murders: Climate Change and Gun Violence
Show Notes

It appears when temperatures sizzle, so do tempers. 

A new study has found that any unseasonably hot day—no matter the time of year—can lead to a rush of gun violence.

A U.S. study has found a significant link between gun violence and high temperatures.

With the epidemic of mass-shootings plaguing us, this study throws lighter fluid on the whole horrible mass murder phenomenon.  

Along with everything else our warming climate is throwing at us; it is estimated that almost 8,000 excess murders in the US per year are associated with hot weather. 

Let’s call it Heat Rage.

Listen in for an insightful look at a brief history of gun and gun regulations in the U.S. Also, how gun laws have been interpreted by the modern US Supreme Court.
And finally, the fascinating story around the huge number of excess murders in America per year that are associated with global heating.

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