To move beyond darkness of Orlando we need the light of science on gun control

Arguments about gun control devoid of meaningful data and attempts to sow division based on misrepresentation highlight failures of science and democracy that we must fix together

Last weekend, we saw the darkest side of humanity. Omar Mateen, an American citizen, driven by (perhaps internalized) homophobia, took 49 lives and destroyed the lives of hundreds more.

This massacre, and its aftermath, point to multiple failures of science and democracy that together we can and must fix.