What You Said About …

The great migration “I’ve been following this crisis for a while,” wrote Diane Speros of New York City, praising TIME’s Oct. 19 special report on the world’s ongoing migration plight, “but your issue really puts a human face and soul to it.” In many cases, parallels with the past dominated discussion–MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough noted that James Nachtwey’s photographs of fleeing families could be mistaken for World War II–era images–and those echoes had special resonance for readers like Peter Stricker of Ridgeland, Miss., who called the cover image “a haunting reminder of my mother and me escaping from Hungary after the revolution 59 years ago.” George Muellner of Minneapolis was impressed by the “comprehensive analysis of this most timely issue,” while many felt helpless in the face of the vastness of the problem. Asked Los Angeles’ Mark Dymally: “The U.S. can’t be a social welfare agency … but could we be doing more to alleviate the suffering in this saga?”

CURBING VIOLENCE

In response to Josh Sanburn’s piece about new ideas to prevent mass shootings, readers offered their own suggestions. Would-be shooters might be stopped by efforts to end bullying, said Don Tomlin of Galesburg, Ill. Tom Seaman of Richmond Hill, Ga., meanwhile, wanted schools to teach the Bible, because a “moral problem” demands “a spiritual solution.”

DATA-DRIVEN

In the wake of a series of school shootings, TIME Labs looks at the numbers behind a loophole that allows criminals and the mentally ill to buy guns legally. In the U.S., 55,887 such sales took place from 1998 to 2014. In recent years, meanwhile, the number of background checks has ballooned. See more at labs.time.com

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NUMBER OF BACKGROUND CHECKS, 2005–14

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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

In our cover story on breast cancer (Oct. 12) we misstated the scope of UCSF’s WISDOM study. It is not limited to women with DCIS. In the same issue, an article in the Brief incorrectly summarized a statement by Representative Dennis Ross about House Speaker John Boehner. Ross said Boehner had run the House with too much central authority. A map in “The Great Migration” (Oct. 19) mislabeled the Atlantic Ocean. Also in that issue, an entry in Verbatim incorrectly described Lady Gaga’s involvement with American Horror Story: Hotel. It is her first major acting role.