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According to Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian politician and crusader who was committed to nonviolent methods, violence stems from the following seven root causes or “blunders:”
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Cundiff, D., McCarthy, M.E. (1994). Violence and Firearms. In: The Right Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0309-4_12
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