Gun issues haven’t always been important to Dr. Erik Wallace.As a young kid growing up in Northern California, Wallace discovered his dad’s handgun in a dresser drawer but was scared of what his dad would do if he touched it. He had a BB gun when he was young but preferred to play baseball, and has never been interested in hunting.But his relationship with guns completely changed seven years ago when one of his patients threatened to kill him.Wallace, now an associate professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a member of the Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition, recently organized what he calls a “‘Think Tank”‘ on reducing firearm violence. It was there that he shared his story. When You Look At A Gun, What Do You See? To better understand why the topic of guns is so polarizing, we spent time with people as they considered this question and shared their answer.
