Guns and Medicine

As of June 2016, the most powerful medical organization in the U.S., the American Medical Association (AMA), has declared gun violence a public health crisis. This is a fact, not a political statement. Public health measures address disease and illness protection; but by definition public health includes the health, safety, and security threats of a society (http://npalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/NPA-Myths-Facts-Gun-Violence-Research-June-2014.pdf). After all, who cares for all the victims of gun violence?

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