CDC acting principal deputy director on the state of gun violence

Dr. Debra Houry, who serves as the acting principal deputy director and the head of the National Center for Injury Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says gun violence is a public health threat and everyone plays a role in preventing it.

“The federal government can help with providing strategies and programs that work, states can help implement them in communities and individuals can help protect themselves and others from gun violence,” said Houry on Wednesday’s edition of “Closer Look.”

Houry further talked with program host Rose Scott about the state of gun violence in Georgia and across the nation, the CDC’s Vital Signs Report and how the CDC is working to combat the public health threat through research, education and targeted prevention.