TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - America, guns, and freedom. Part I: A recapitulation of liberty
JO  - Surgical neurology international
A1  - Faria, Miguel A.
SP  - 133
EP  - 133
VL  - 3
IS  - online
N2  - The role of gun violence and street crime in the United States and the world is currently a subject of great debate among national and international organizations, including the United Nations. Because the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the individual right of American citizens to own private firearms, availability of firearms is greater in the U.S. than the rest of the world, except perhaps in Israel and Switzerland. Indeed, although the American people continue to purchase and possess more firearms, homicides and violent crimes have continued to diminish for several decades because guns in the hands of the law-abiding citizens does not translate into more crime. As neurosurgeons, we can be compassionate and still be honest and have the moral courage to pursue the truth and find viable solutions through the use of sound, scholarly research in the area of guns and violence. We have an obligation to reach our conclusions based on objective data and scientific information rather than on ideology, emotionalism or partisan politics.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2229-5097
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.102951
ID  - ref1
ER  -