Citation

Ludmir EB, Elahi MA, Guadagnolo BA. Ann. Intern Med. 2019; 170(12): 911.

Affiliation

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas (E.B.L., B.A.G.).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American College of Physicians)

DOI

10.7326/L19-0161

PMID

31207633

Abstract

TO THE EDITOR:
Three days after the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ACP published a position paper with updated recommendations to counter gun-related violence (1). In response, the Twitter account of the National Rifle Association posted a disparaging reply advocating that physicians “stay in their lane” and abstain from opining on gun control (2). Hours later, 12 persons were shot to death at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. Days after that, another shooting occurred at Mercy Hospital in Chicago.

In these harrowing times, we look to our leadership in both government and our professional communities...

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