Finding the Cure to Stop Violence

By Ammoland

By Gary Gonsalves, MD & Rob Morse
[Editor’s note: The following letter by Gary Gonsalves, MD (assisted by Rob Morse) was originally published August 29, 2016 in CSA Online First, by the California Society of Anesthesiologists. It is reproduced here by permission.]

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Last week’s blog post, “Gun Violence: When will we make a change?”, made an an emotional appeal for legislative and research solutions to gun violence.

However, extensive research already exists.

We all recognize the difficulties in changing social dynamics. It’s too easy to acquiesce to the less challenging course of blaming and banning inanimate weapons, when their operators are the ones at fault. The U.S. is actually among the safest countries on earth.

So let’s look at the facts, while we acknowledge the tragic effects of interpersonal violence.

The fact is that we are not facing an epidemic of armed violence in the United States. Rates of armed homicide …Read the Rest

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