Gun violence continues to impact communities across the country on a daily basis, often in ways that don't make the news, but create lifelong consequences for victims, their families, even entire neighborhoods.

The normalization of shootings fueled in part by easy access to guns has created a persistent public health crisis. William Brigham tells us more.

Think of the most recent shootings that made national news.

The foiled attack on President Trump this weekend, for sure.

But what about the horrible murder of eight children two Sundays ago in Louisiana?

That received far less attention. Or what about the mass

shooting in Indiana three days ago where nine people were shot? According to the gun violence

archive, while shootings are going down in just the last 72 hours, there have been over 175

different shootings in this country where someone was shot or killed.

That is just three days worth. For more on how we reckon with this ongoing toll, we are joined

again by Dr. Emmy Betts. She's an ER doctor and associate dean for centers and institutes

at the University of Colorado

Anshut School of Medicine and director of the firearm injury prevention initiative.

Dr. Betz, so nice to see you again. Do you think we have just gotten desensitized to this

ongoing toll of gun violence?

I think to some extent we have.

I think especially given the kind of other noise that we're all dealing with

in the chaotic world we're living in.

But I think it's really important

that we not settle for this as a new normal.

It doesn't have to be this way,

and I think it's important that we keep having these conversations

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