Gun deaths are not a public health crisis

By Gregory Smith

A lot of medical professional and ambulance chasers think that if a Crib shoots a Blood, or if a homeowner shoots a burglar, that’s a “public health crises.”

The ACP, along with the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Physicians, American College of Surgeons and the American Psychiatric Association in partnership with the American Public Health Association and the American Bar Association released the original policy paper back in February. The call-to-action urged for universal background checks, restrictions on military-style assault weapons, elimination of physician gag laws and funding for research on firearm-related injuries and deaths.

“There is no question that uniform, sensible gun laws, like the ones we have here in Massachusetts, would drive down the number of out-of-state firearms, gun-related injuries and homicides. A comprehensive strategy to reduce gun violence goes beyond legislation, it requires a medical and mental health component, a research component … and it requires a public perception component, like the ones that have successfully reduced tobacco use, drunken driving and domestic violence. There is absolutely no reason that the same principles can’t be applied to gun violence,” Suffolk County …read more

Via:: Selling the Second Amendment