[Neighbors] The AMA calls for enabling research into gun violence

[Judith Rapping via Neighbors_nobhill-nm]

Good lord. Enough, Jack.. It's a perfectly legitimate posting by Zachary.
We are all threatened by guns.  My grandson was accosted on his longboard
just south of Central yesterday by a car load of thugs, one of whom raised
his shirt to show him he was "carrying" a gun.  This is MY FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOOD, TOO.

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Allyn via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> President Obama's Surgeon General is using the AMA as a back door means to
> grab guns.  There is no need to bring this political issue into our
> neighborhood e-mail nor bother Pat Davis with this.  I'm not sure what the
> point of this e-mail is.
>
> Thanks,
> Jack
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Zachary Benz via Neighbors_nobhill-nm" <
> neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com>
> *To: *"Pat Davis" <patdavis at cabq.gov>, neighbors at nobhill-nm.com
> *Sent: *Tuesday, June 14, 2016 8:43:41 PM
> *Subject: *[Neighbors] The AMA calls for enabling research into gun
> violence
>
>
> Pat, Neighbors,
>
> I can appreciate that there are many opinions out there on gun rights and
> on the causes of gun violence.  It would seem to me that the American
> Medical Association's call for allowing government researchers to be
> allowed to study the causes of gun violence is highly sensible, and could
> be supported by many across the political spectrum. Currently the federal
> government is forbidden from funding research into gun violence, leaving us
> all to lean on anecdote and our own necessarily limited individual
> experiences rather than shared deep insight.
>
> The AMA put out the following statement today:
>
> "With approximately 30,000 men, women and children dying each year at the
> barrel of a gun in elementary schools, movie theaters, workplaces, houses
> of worship and on live television, the United States faces a public health
> crisis of gun violence. Even as America faces a crisis unrivaled in any
> other developed country, the Congress prohibits the CDC from conducting the
> very research that would help us understand the problems associated with
> gun violence and determine how to reduce the high rate of firearm-related
> deaths and injuries. An epidemiological analysis of gun violence is vital
> so physicians and other health providers, law enforcement, and society at
> large may be able to prevent injury, death and other harms to society
> resulting from firearms."
>
> Best regards,
> Zach
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