Failing to understand the problem(s)... [View all]

...won't really lead to an answer.

"America's Gun Violence Epidemic"
"End the Gun Epidemic in America"
"AMERICA’S GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC"
"Congress Must Act Now to Stop America’s Gun Violence Epidemic"

> epidemic:
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Describing gun violence as an epidemic is a literary device meant to grab the attention of the readership.

A doctor won't be using traditional medical or surgical means to solve the problem. Now and then a TV series or movie or news broadcast may establish certain facts or relationships for the general public but there are complex issues behind violence and suicide. Asking epidemiologists or public health professionals for a "cure" is heading down the wrong road. Violence and crime are studied by criminologists. Suicide experts are usually psychiatrists and psychologists.

But since we're kind of attached to the idea of playing follow the leader like the rats in that Pied Piper story, maybe we can start thinking of lies by politicians as an epidemic.