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

[James Hands via Neighbors_nobhill-nm]

He's probably "bothering" Pat Davis with this because of Pat Davis's last
newsletter:

*Last month, I was invited to the White House to explore options for
addressing gun violence that don’t require us to wait on Congress or the
State Legislature to act. Before I could even get home and start working on
this issue, another mass shooting hit home. Albuquerque’s outpouring of
support for victims and survivors in Orlando reminded me why I love our
city.  Then, last night, while I was chairing a council committee meeting,
another incident disrupted our lives and brought the issues of gun violence
home, again. Quite frankly, I’m tired of this. And I’m tired of hopes and
prayers and I’m ready for action.*


Thanks,
James Hands

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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