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Firearm Violence

Firearm Violence Opinion EDITORIAL A JAMA Internal Medicine Series Robert Steinbrook, MD; Rachel J. Stern, MD; Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, we launch a series on Table. Deaths From Firearm Injuries and Motor Vehicle Crashes firearm violence. Since we announced the series, firearm vio- in the United States, 2014 lence in the United States has continued unabated. In June 2016, Death No. a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killed Firearm–injury related, total 33 599 49 people and wounded 53 others. As of October 15, 2016, Chi- Suicide 21 334 cago had recorded more than 570 homicides this year, levels Homicide 10 945 not seen since the 1990s. Shootings in which 4 or more people Unintentional 586 are injured or killed (including shooters) occur almost daily. Legal intervention 464 The series follows from the belief that if the United States were to implement a coordinated and sustained public health, Undetermined 270 research, and law-enforcement commitment to prevent fire- Motor vehicle crash–related, total 33 736 arm violence, many lives would be saved. In 2014, firearm Data adapted from the National Vital Statistics Report, Deaths: Final Data injuries were responsible for 3 for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Internal Medicine American Medical Association

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright 2017 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
2168-6106
eISSN
2168-6114
DOI
10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7180
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27842170
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Abstract

Opinion EDITORIAL A JAMA Internal Medicine Series Robert Steinbrook, MD; Rachel J. Stern, MD; Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, we launch a series on Table. Deaths From Firearm Injuries and Motor Vehicle Crashes firearm violence. Since we announced the series, firearm vio- in the United States, 2014 lence in the United States has continued unabated. In June 2016, Death No. a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killed Firearm–injury related, total 33 599 49 people and wounded 53 others. As of October 15, 2016, Chi- Suicide 21 334 cago had recorded more than 570 homicides this year, levels Homicide 10 945 not seen since the 1990s. Shootings in which 4 or more people Unintentional 586 are injured or killed (including shooters) occur almost daily. Legal intervention 464 The series follows from the belief that if the United States were to implement a coordinated and sustained public health, Undetermined 270 research, and law-enforcement commitment to prevent fire- Motor vehicle crash–related, total 33 736 arm violence, many lives would be saved. In 2014, firearm Data adapted from the National Vital Statistics Report, Deaths: Final Data injuries were responsible for 3 for

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Published: Jan 14, 2017

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