A multifaceted approach is being taken to stem firearm violence, Elizabeth Tracey reports

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Over 800,000 people have died since we entered this new century and 2 million plus have been injured using firearms in the United States.  These daunting statistics underpin efforts by the American Medical Association and other organizations in creating a new roadmap, The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms. Joseph Sakran, a trauma surgeon at Johns Hopkins and one member of the panel convened to address the problem, describes the approach.

Sakran: Firearm injury is one of the leading causes of death in America but for I think too long we've treated it as inevitable. And so JAMA brought together 60 experts from medicine, public health, technology, law and community leadership to create a what I would call a shared road map that is grounded in science and equity and a plan to dramatically reduce firearm harms by 2040.                :26

Sakran notes that clear policy changes to help are identified in the report and urges citizens to voice their support. At Johns Hopkins, I’m Elizabeth Tracey.