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Why Don’t We Have a Database on Gun Deaths?

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Deirdre Smith, 47, of Austell, Georgia, was shot and killed Monday while trying to break up a neighborhood fight. A few local news outlets reported Smith’s death; many of them called her a “good Samaritan.”

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But Smith’s name won’t appear in any government report, and the details of her death aren’t...

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