Gun Violence Prevention

NPA Speaks out for sensible gun violence prevention:

• NPA Letter to U.S. Senators–Vote for Commonsense Gun Laws (April 2013)
  (Letter to Sen. Reid linked here, individualized letters were sent to each senator.)
• NPA Policy Statement: Gun Violence – A Public Health Issue (Feb 2013)
• NPA Physicians Urge Action for Gun Violence Prevention
  1 page overview (Feb 2013)
• NPA Policy Statement:
  Protecting Free Speech between Patients & Physicians (Feb 2013)
• NPA Comments Submitted to Vice President Biden’s
  Taskforce on Gun Violence Prevention (Jan 2013)
• National Physicians Alliance Calls for Assault Weapons Ban
  and Sensible Gun Control – NPA Press Release (Dec 20, 2012)

NPA Gun Violence Prevention Policy Call with Guest Expert
Dr. Garen Wintemute

Dr. Wintemute is the Baker-Teret Chair in Violence Prevention and director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis, recorded 2/7/2013

• Listen Online or Download Podcast

30-minute Advocacy Training for Physicians with
NPA Immediate Past President Dr. Valerie Arkoosh

This training includes an overview of how to schedule and conduct a meeting with your elected representatives.  Click to listen online or download audio file

Take Action:

• Get involved with NPA efforts to prevent gun violence
• Share your clinical or personal story about gun violence
  

Voices of NPA Members:

• “Doctor Calls For ‘Systemic Change’ to Decrease Gun Violence,” by NPA President, Dr. Cheryl Bettigole, Physicians News (1/28/2013)
• “It’s Time for Doctors to Talk about Guns,” CT Mirror (1/9/2013)
• “Child development – no further evidence is needed to prompt action,” Buffalo News (1/2/2013)
• “At the E.R., Bearing Witness to Gun Violence,” New York Times (1/1/2013)
• “Dems and Republicans Block Prevention of Firearm Violence,” Huffington Post (12/27/2012)
• NPA President on Texas Radio Network via KLRD re gun violence prevention (12/26/2012)
  [audio http://npalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/KRLD_gunsschools.mp3 ]
• “Lessons From Oak Creek’s Youngest First Responders,” Huffington Post (8/21/2012)
• “Guns are within my scope of practice,” SFGate City Brights Blog (5/4/2011)

Recommended Reading:

The White House Plan to Reduce Gun Violence:  Now Is The Time

• Download the full text of the President’s Plan
• See the Executive Actions President Obama Announced

From the Academic Literature:

Public Health Approach to the Prevention of Gun Violence, David Hemenway, PhD, and Matthew Miller, MD, MPH, ScD. April 12, 2013. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb1302631

If guns don’t kill people, ignorance might Edward Davies, BMJ 2013;346:f1058

Silencing the Science on Gun Research Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH; Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH JAMA. 2012; :1-2. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.208207

Curbing Gun Violence: Lessons From Public Health Successes Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH; David Hemenway, PhD; David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD JAMA. 2013; :1-2. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.38.

Viewpoint: Weapons of Mass Destruction Jerome P. Kassirer, MD Arch Intern Med. 2012; :1-2. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.4026.

Perspective: Tragedy’s Legacy Garen J. Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H., Dec 26, 2012 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1215491

Media Coverage:

Mayors: Do Gun Research Right, Politico, Jan 9, 2013

Guns: Doctors’ Next Big Fight? LA Times, Jan 2, 2013