US gun killings are a public health problem
2 years, 6 months ago

US gun killings are a public health problem

Al Jazeera  

Trauma surgeon Joseph V Sakran says after the Uvalde school massacre, being silent on gun violence is being complicit. Then I thought about what we, as trauma surgeons and healthcare professionals, have to do every day in cities all across America: to try and explain to mums and dads why their child is never coming home again. This is an American problem – a uniquely American public health problem. Trauma surgeon and advocate for gun violence prevention Dr Joseph V Sakran explains why he believes those staying silent on the issue of gun law reform after the Uvalde school massacre are complicit.

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What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin
1 week, 2 days ago

What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin

CNN  

CNN — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. Evidence suggests the shooter, who also went by the name “Samantha,” died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Police Chief Shon Barnes said. The shooter did not appear …

What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin
1 week, 2 days ago

What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin

CNN  

CNN — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. Evidence suggests the shooter, who also went by the name “Samantha,” died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Police Chief Shon Barnes said. The shooter did not appear …

An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic
3 months, 1 week ago

An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic

Wired  

In 2020, while the Covid-19 pandemic raged, a steadily growing epidemic continued to burn its path across the United States. Gun violence stole the lives of 45,222 Americans that fateful year, the worst year on record for gun deaths to that point. Addressing violence and death is the duty of anyone who has ever had to mend the wounds of …

Column: The surgeon general acknowledged America’s gun violence emergency. Here’s why that matters
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: The surgeon general acknowledged America’s gun violence emergency. Here’s why that matters

LA Times  

Hey, cheer up: The news is not all bad. “We don’t have to continue down this path,” Murthy said in introducing the report, “and we don’t have to subject our children to the ongoing horror of firearm violence in America.” Gun violence has so warped us that nearly three-quarters of American adults report stress about the possibility of a mass …

US: Firearm violence a health crisis
5 months, 4 weeks ago

US: Firearm violence a health crisis

China Daily  

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a landmark advisory Tuesday, declaring firearm violence in America a "public health crisis''. Murthy said the impetus for the advisory stems from the increase in gun violence, especially mass shootings since 2020, which he said exact a profound toll on the nation's well-being. "I want people to understand the full impact of firearm violence …

US: Firearm violence a health crisis
5 months, 4 weeks ago

US: Firearm violence a health crisis

China Daily  

By MAY ZHOU in Houston | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-06-26 13:32 US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a landmark advisory Tuesday, declaring firearm violence in America a "public health crisis''. Murthy said the impetus for the advisory stems from the increase in gun violence, especially mass shootings since 2020, which he said exact a profound toll on the nation's well-being. …

U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a 'public health crisis'
5 months, 4 weeks ago

U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a 'public health crisis'

Raw Story  

The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday issued a landmark advisory declaring gun violence a "public health crisis" and calling for wide-ranging firearm controls that have historically met stiff political opposition. The advisory by Vivek Murthy, who was nominated by President Joe Biden, is the first such major report on gun violence from a surgeon general, whose office has limited authority …

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis
5 months, 4 weeks ago

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. “America should be a place where all of us can go to school, go to work, go to the supermarket, go to our house of worship, without having to worry that …

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis
6 months ago

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis

Al Jazeera  

Surgeon general says widespread gun violence has led to ‘unimaginable pain’ for victims across the country. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence a public health crisis in the United States. “Firearm violence is an urgent public health crisis that has led to loss of life, unimaginable pain, and profound grief for far too many Americans,” Murthy said …

US Surgeon General declares gun violence "a public health crisis"
6 months ago

US Surgeon General declares gun violence "a public health crisis"

Salon  

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public health crisis, as gun deaths and injuries punctuate daily life in America. His advisory also urges a “significant increase” in funding for research on gun injuries and deaths, as well as greater access to mental health care and trauma-informed resources for people who have experienced firearm violence. He cited soaring gun …

U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a public health emergency
6 months ago

U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a public health emergency

LA Times  

“America should be a place where all of us can go to school, go to work, go to the supermarket, go to our house of worship, without having to worry that that’s going to put our life at risk,” Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in an interview. The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis, …

Don’t bring a moral argument to a gunfight, Jonathan Metzl tells liberals in new book
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Don’t bring a moral argument to a gunfight, Jonathan Metzl tells liberals in new book

LA Times  

That Nashville Waffle House shooting — when four people were killed after a gunman opened fire with an assault weapon in 2018 — provides the framework for Jonathan Metzl’s “What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms.” On the Shelf What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms By Jonathan M. Metzl W. W. …

Gun owners: It's time for us to stand up against the Second Amendment death culture
1 year, 3 months ago

Gun owners: It's time for us to stand up against the Second Amendment death culture

Salon  

As a resident of Florida, I have carried a concealed firearm almost everywhere for years, everywhere, except where it's specifically prohibited by law or by the policies of a specific business. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism Responsible gun owners: Are you OK with child sacrifice? I don't actually believe most Republican …

Opinion: Republicans Should Rejoice; We Are Now Numb To Gun Violence
1 year, 8 months ago

Opinion: Republicans Should Rejoice; We Are Now Numb To Gun Violence

Huff Post  

There is a stark, startling conclusion one can draw from the endless string of mass shootings we’ve seen in America: Murder is one of the prices we pay for the freedoms we say we want. They point to California’s gun laws as proof given those three nearly back-to-back mass shootings earlier this year. “If the country had California’s firearm death …

Gun violence in the US has become more lethal, research suggests
1 year, 8 months ago

Gun violence in the US has become more lethal, research suggests

CNN  

CNN — A record number of people are dying from firearm injuries in the US, and new research suggests that shootings are becoming more lethal, too. Nearly 49,000 people died from firearm injuries in the US in 2021, CDC data shows – an unprecedented surge of about 23% over two years during the Covid-19 pandemic. “That includes larger magazine capacity …

Doctor decries gun violence after school shooting near miss
1 year, 8 months ago

Doctor decries gun violence after school shooting near miss

Associated Press  

A pediatric surgeon who left The Covenant School in Nashville moments before a shooter opened fire, killing six people, says she is horrified by the gun violence that has plagued the U.S. Britney Grayson had just finished regaling children at the small religious grade school about Kenya, where she works on missions, when she drove out of the parking lot …

Understanding the U.S.’s gun violence epidemic | Data Point podcast
2 years, 4 months ago

Understanding the U.S.’s gun violence epidemic | Data Point podcast

The Hindu  

On May 24, a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in the small town of Uvalde in Texas. The shooting, which left 21 people dead, is now added to the long and growing list of mass shootings that take place in the U.S. regularly. In fact, according to the Gun Violence Archive, at least 356 mass shootings have been recorded so …

The Uvalde shooting shows that gun laws do matter, says official who worked on report
2 years, 5 months ago

The Uvalde shooting shows that gun laws do matter, says official who worked on report

NPR  

The Uvalde shooting shows that gun laws do matter, says official who worked on report Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP A new report on the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is shining a light on law enforcement's delayed and disorganized response to the attack that killed 19 children and two teachers in May. On warning signs …

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims
2 years, 5 months ago

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Ala. — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nation’s staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news. Just 5% of mass shootings end with four or more people dead, he said, “and only a quarter of those are in …

Uvalde victim’s sister pleads for tougher gun laws in Texas
2 years, 6 months ago

Uvalde victim’s sister pleads for tougher gun laws in Texas

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Well before the sun came up Thursday, Jazmin Cazares sat on her sister’s bed and wept for the 9-year-old killed in the Uvalde school rampage one month ago. “I’m here begging for you guys to do something or to change something, because the people that were supposed to keep her safe at school didn’t, they failed.” Her …

Can America end its mass shooting epidemic?
2 years, 6 months ago

Can America end its mass shooting epidemic?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, June 15 at 19:30GMT: Six out of 10 Americans believe it’s more important to address gun violence than protect gun rights, according to a recent PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Since then there have been several more massacres – at least 18 to 20 – but it seems Americans can’t even agree on what constitutes a mass shooting. In a …

America’s deadly weekend of more mass shootings raise stakes for Senate gun talks
2 years, 6 months ago

America’s deadly weekend of more mass shootings raise stakes for Senate gun talks

CNN  

CNN — In South Carolina and Texas, victims were shot at a high school graduation party. Just America going about its normal business this weekend under the deadly daily shadow of gun violence, as a staggering 10 mass shootings since Friday deepened trauma from recent massacres at a Buffalo supermarket, a Texas elementary school and a mass shooting at a …

Explained | Why can’t America solve its gun problem?
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained | Why can’t America solve its gun problem?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On May 24, a gunman went on a shooting rampage at Robb Elementary School in the small town of Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. Neither Mr. Biden, nor any of his Democratic predecessors have succeeded in getting common-sense gun control reform passed in the U.S. Congress owing to Republican lawmakers’ refusal to budge …

DC Edit | Guns kill people: Get real, US!
2 years, 6 months ago

DC Edit | Guns kill people: Get real, US!

Deccan Chronicle  

Just days after the horrible Texas school massacre, the National Rifle Association of the US held their annual convention in Houston. The United States goes through eternal cycles of immediate outrage over a public shooting and, in its wake, a degree of optimism over a legislative deal to do something about such carnage before insurmountable partisan division creeps in and …

After Buffalo and Uvalde, America feels broken: Where do we go from here?
2 years, 6 months ago

After Buffalo and Uvalde, America feels broken: Where do we go from here?

Salon  

America is in big trouble. It is almost too perverse to be credible: The "freedom" to own as many guns as one wants trumps the freedom to live without reasonable fear of dying by gunfire. After the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012 — the only school shooting with more dead than in Uvalde — Garry Wills wrote a memorable essay …

US school attack: Stand up to the gun lobby
2 years, 6 months ago

US school attack: Stand up to the gun lobby

Hindustan Times  

The grisly murder of 19 children by an 18-year-old gunman in a Texas elementary school brings America’s puzzling aversion to gun control to the fore again, along with the disappointing reality that with midterm elections coming up, little is likely to change legislatively, especially in gun-friendly states such as Texas. The rampage at Robb Elementary School in the heavily Latino …

In the 10 years since Sandy Hook, gun laws in the U.S. haven't changed much
2 years, 7 months ago

In the 10 years since Sandy Hook, gun laws in the U.S. haven't changed much

NPR  

In the 10 years since Sandy Hook, gun laws in the U.S. haven't changed much Enlarge this image toggle caption Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Dario Lopez-Mills/AP A teenage gunman walked into an elementary school Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, and opened fire, killing 19 children and two adults, making it the second deadliest school shooting in American history. The mass shooting at Robb …

Photos: Pain and anguish after bloody Texas school shooting
2 years, 7 months ago

Photos: Pain and anguish after bloody Texas school shooting

Al Jazeera  

An 18-year-old gunman has opened fire at an elementary school in the US state of Texas, killing at least 19 children and two teachers as he went from classroom to classroom, before being shot dead by police. The assault at Robb Elementary School in the small town of Uvalde was the deadliest shooting at a school in the United States …

Column: Don’t look away from the Texas school shooting. Don’t wait in silence until the next massacre
2 years, 7 months ago

Column: Don’t look away from the Texas school shooting. Don’t wait in silence until the next massacre

LA Times  

Authorities in Odessa, Texas, on Aug. 31, 2019. “We are in effect conducting a nationwide experiment to answer the question, ‘What happens when a society experiences a massive increase in access to firearms along with increasing social and political polarization?’” More from Wintemute and his team: “Many people who plan to commit firearm violence — including 80% of mass shooters …

COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?
2 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church and simply living their lives last weekend, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19. It’s a dynamic that’s encapsulated by the “thoughts and prayers” offered to victims of gun violence by politicians unwilling to make meaningful commitments to ensure there really …

Chicago gun violence deemed unacceptable on other side of especially bloody summer
3 years, 2 months ago

Chicago gun violence deemed unacceptable on other side of especially bloody summer

CNN  

CNN — 1,606 people were shot in a single three-month summer period in Chicago. The influx of firearms into the hands of soon to be trigger pullers is “ground zero for violence,” Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown told CNN. People who make blood money off of getting guns into the hands of felons, violent people, who couldn’t otherwise get that …

US mass shootings ‘a national embarrassment’: Biden
3 years, 8 months ago

US mass shootings ‘a national embarrassment’: Biden

Al Jazeera  

After another mass shooting in the US, the president calls on Congress to ban military-style ‘assault’ weapons. President Joe Biden faced increased pressure on Friday to stem gun violence amid a rash of mass shootings across the United States, but he faces an uphill battle to significantly change the country’s permissive firearms laws. It’s a national embarrassment,” Biden said at …

Editorial: Biden should make gun-violence reduction a national priority
3 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: Biden should make gun-violence reduction a national priority

LA Times  

A curious thing happened last year while the nation endured a string of COVID-19 lockdowns. Since the initial COVID-19 shutdowns last March, Americans have engaged in gun-buying sprees — by existing gun owners and tens of thousands of first-time purchasers — driven by fear of social breakdown from the pandemic, the widespread anti-racism protests, and the storming of the U.S. …

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