According to the video, what are the two main factors that contribute to gun violence?

A predisposition to aggression and learning violence as a behavior.

The video mentions that taking away guns won't eliminate aggression. What does it suggest aggressive individuals might do?

Find other means to express their aggression.

A violent environment can exacerbate a genetic predisposition to violence, like 'putting gasoline on a fire.'

Around four, five, or six years old.

Providing access to quality education.

Grade 10th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min

I can analyze the causes and effects of gun violence in the United States.

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Youth gun violence: Causes, prevention and solutions

3 key concepts

1
A local non-profit is helping at-risk young people in D.C. share how they've been impacted by gun violence to hopefully create some change.
2
The documentary, titled soaring through trauma, is produced by the gun violence prevention nonprofit Soar Project DC and made possible through the mayor's building blocks initiative.
3
The young people involved in the project had four weeks to produce a multimedia project filled with their very personal stories, learning about shooting, editing, filming, and research.

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