How might a new paradigm reduce firearm violence in the United States? Elizabeth Tracey reports

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The good news is in many cities around the United States deaths and injuries due to firearm violence appear to be trending down, and a new summit report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association may help continue that trend. Joseph Sakran, a trauma surgeon at Johns Hopkins and one member of a 60 person multidisciplinary summit panel that wrote the report, says a public health approach is key. 

Sakran: We have seen in cities like Baltimore heading the right direction as it relates to both homicides and non fatal firearm violence. It underscores the importance of a comprehensive public health approach. I think when you think about this report this target we set of 2040 reducing firearm harm it's important because we need a generational horizon, one that is ambitious but achievable and I think the 2040 timeline forces accountability while giving time for systemic change.   :31

Sakran says a clear outline of how to get there is part of the report. At Johns Hopkins, I’m Elizabeth Tracey.