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


