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Doctors, lawyers declare gun injuries a public health emergency
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Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
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"Seven medical specialty societies, the American Bar Association and the American Public Health Association on Monday joined forces to declare gun-related injuries, which annually kill an average of 32,000 Americans and harm nearly twice that number, 'a public health crisis' that should be studied and solved 'free of political influence or restriction.'"
"The professional societies jointly issued a 'call to action,' and declared their collective backing for universal background checks, a ban on military-style assault weapons and large capacity magazines, more federal support for gun-injury research, and an end to laws that would punish physicians who discuss the safety of gun ownership with their patients." ... |
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Millwright66
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Seems like the kettles calling one particular pot black. If, we define - as the writer(s) imply - "emergency" by numbers, the medical profession's death toll far exceeds firearms - for all reasons - including criminal homicides, police arrests, and the vast majority; suicide.
But these mavens haven't tabulated how many died from suicidal overdosing of physician- prescribed medications. There's also the complex issue of medical malpractice/mistakes taking a toll of helpless patients.
IOW, the "medical industry" would do well to first examine its own closets before prying into other's . |
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