Can Auto Safety Teach Us How to Reduce Gun Deaths?

By Ammoland

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- The idea that “gun violence” can be addressed in a similar manner as automobile safety has been proposed many times, and for many years. President Obama has hammered incessantly on this theme. In the wake of the San Bernardino terrorist attack Shannon Muchmore and Steven Ross Johnson in a recent article published in Modern Healthcare, attempt to rehash the subject once more.

The annual number of deaths in America from automobile accidents and those related to firearms (not only accidents) are similar, but that’s where the similarity ends.

Those who continue to propose that these two vastly different issues can remotely be addressed in a similar manner do not understand the issues at hand. Firearm deaths are in no way related to automobile accidents that cause injury and death. The reason is simple—almost all auto deaths are accidents, but almost all firearm deaths are intentional.

Muchmore and Johnson begin by quoting public health leader Dr. Georges Benjamin who, despite saying the shooting was “deeply personal” for him, states that …Read the Rest

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