TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Reducing firearm injuries and deaths in the United States JO - Annals of internal medicine A1 - Franke, Paul SP - 910 EP - 910 VL - 170 IS - 12 N2 -

TO THE EDITOR: Although I strongly support the American College of Physicians' (ACP's) process of developing policy positions, I am disappointed that the position paper on firearm safety (1) did not advocate the use of “smart” gun technology. As physicians, we have the ability to reduce the number of accidental firearm-related injuries and deaths through policy recommendations and in our actual clinical practice. How could we not embrace technology that prevents accidental discharge of a firearm by family members, especially children? This commercially available technology does not infringe on Second Amendment rights and obviates firearm owners' consistent failures...

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LA - en SN - 0003-4819 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/L19-0159 ID - ref1 ER -