Largest body of U.S. doctors vote for sweeping gun restrictions

Guns’r bad, ‘mkay? Image credits Kerttu / Pixabay. U.S. doctors are fed up with the country’s gun epidemic. At the American Medical Association’s annual policymaking meeting in Chicago, earlier this week, they voted overwhelmingly in favor of more gun control and other measures designed to reduce gun violence. Less pew-pew, please “We as physicians are the witnesses to the human toll of this disease,” Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency-medicine specialist at Brown University, said at the meeting. The AMA, the largest physicians group in the U.S. voted in favor for blanket support in favor of assault weapon bans and against arming teachers. They also voted to support: Laws requiring licensing, safety training for gun owners, and firearm registration Laws preventing people under 21 years of age from buying firearms or ammunition. The right of relatives to obtain court orders to remove guns from imminently-violent or suicidal persons. The elimination of loopholes allowing people with a history of domestic violence or stalking to buy and own firearms. Better training for doctors to help them recognize patients at risk of committing suicide. The unprecedented support for gun control measures comes amid a streak of school shootings, high rates of gun violence in U.S. cities, and rising rates of suicide — with guns accounting for roughly 49% of cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The association’s policy body voted in 446 to 99 in support of these measures, according to the New York Times . “Is this really […]

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