Nina Ahmad: “We need to look at gun violence as a public health epidemic.”

“Jalen, Mr. Sim's favorite student. I like that. One question I have is, what are your plans on addressing gun violence? I just touched on it on Amaya's question was, We need to look at gun violence as a public health epidemic. By that, I mean, there are multiple parts to it. One is looking at, how are these guns, the illegal guns, coming on the street?” (03:50–03:55)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.