Citation

Malina D, Morrissey S, Campion EW, Hamel MB, Drazen JM. New Engl. J. Med. 2015; 374(2): 175-176.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMe1515975

PMID

26672390

Abstract

Here we are again. Less than a year ago, an editorial in the Journal by Kassirer reexamined the massive public health problem of gun violence in the United States,(1) and a Perspective article by Sacks, born of a personal tragedy, lamented the defunding of research on firearm-injury prevention.(2) Kassirer called for electing "lawmakers at all levels of government with the courage to defy gun lobbyists," so that essential regulatory changes can finally be enacted - as physicians, public health experts, and others have been recommending for decades. But in early December, the day after a young couple turned up at. . .

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