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Gun Related Injury Death Prevention
"Fatal shootings in the United States fell for the third consecutive year, driven largely by a drop in gun homicides and fewer firearm deaths among children." " Gun deaths have now outnumbered motor vehicle fatalities for eight straight years, with guns killing 3,200 more people than car crashes in 2024." "Homicides are down, but suicides are up"" https://www.thetrace.org/2025/07/gun-deaths-suicide-homicide-data-cdc/
.. in 2023 firearms was the leading cause of death for children and teens. https://everytownresearch.org/graph/firearms-are-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-american-children-and-teens/
Suicide is a high percentage of those deaths. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun-violence-solutions/annual-gun-violence-data#gun-suicides-among-youth We need better and more solutions.
" Constitution of the United States Second Amendment.. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. " https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-2/
Additional Information is available here:
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/05/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-us/
Some Resources are Here:
Guns in the Home: How to Keep Kids Safe https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-home/Pages/Handguns-in-the-Home.aspx
How to Prevent Firearm Injury Using a Public Health Approach, with Examples and Resources | ASTHO https://www.astho.org/topic/toolkit/how-to-prevent-firearm-injury-using-public-health-approach/
Firearm injury prevention strategies in medicine and how physicians can play a role in gun safety | AMA Update Video | AMA https://www.ama-assn.org/public-health/injury-violence-prevention/firearm-injury-prevention-strategies-medicine-and-how
Clinical Approaches to the Prevention of Firearm-Related Injury | New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra2306867