Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis
The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health and Reuters hosted a discussion of the legal, political, and public health factors that could influence future efforts to prevent gun violence. Below are three video clips of the event followed by a recap of our live coverage.
by Frank Tantillo - Reuters... on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:30 PM
by Frank Tantillo - Reuters... on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:30 PM
by Frank Tantillo - Reuters... on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:31 PM
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And for a little background reading on what Joe Biden's task force is considering, here's a Washington Post piece. Short version is that they're looking not only at assault weapons & high-capacity magazines, but also universal background checks and a beefed-up national database to track every gun -
Panelist David Hemenway, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, and Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, will give us an overview of the Newtown tragedy and other mass shootings, talk about the epidemic of gun violence and discuss the status of data collection and tracking
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We'll have four panelists. Laurence Tribe, Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School, will talk about harnessing the national upset to examine gun law and give us an overview of the 2nd Amendment and what role it plays – or does not play – in recent gun control debate
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Panelist Felton Earls is Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Research Professor of Human Behavior and Development, Harvard School of Public Health. He will talk about factors that contribute to violent behavior, the consequences of childhood exposure to gun violence, and the role of the mental healthcare system in averting such violence
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Panelist David King is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. He will cover the history of Congressional gun control debates, the growth of gun shows, the expiration of the assault weapons ban, and the politicization of government funding related to gun violence.
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This HSPH Forum takes place, of course, in the shadow of the mass shooting in Newtown, CT, last month. The plan is to investigate the legal, political, and public health factors that could influence efforts to prevent such massacres. Or, to be blunt, why should this tragedy lead to any effective changes when neither Virginia Tech nor Aurora nor the toll of everyday gun violence has?
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Hi everyone, and welcome to our live blog of Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis, a discussion taking place at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and moderated by Reuters’ own Scott Malone. It starts at 12:30 today, Tuesday, and runs for an hour.
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Here is a list of the major shooting incidents in the U.S. that Reuters has compiled. -
Back in December, this is what the NRA said about its position on guns and schools after the Newtown shooting.
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David Hemenway, now speaking, co-authored a "viewpoint" on curbing gun violence in JAMA that was published online today. It’s open access: jama.jamanetwork.com Among its more sobering stats: “Gun homicide alone causes 11 000 deaths each year, more than all US troops killed throughout the last decade in Iraq and Afghanistan. Remarkably, the 26 deaths in Newtown represent fewer gun homicides than the daily US average.”
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I live in South Africa, we have massive crime, I have been following for years the lax gun controls in USA, here it can take up to 3 years to get a license I own a fire arm,I can't believe you can own a assault rifle, or any tile of firearm in just a few hours, sure a right to bear arms, but you can do that with a pistol, to change your policy's now, it's going to take a miracle, guns don't kill, people do, and so does ignorance -
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Here is a poll from shortly after the Newtown shooting on what Americans were thinking about guns.
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Prof. Earls: This is a multi-generational problem & may take generations to change, but we have to start #gunviolenceby The Forum at HSPH via twitter 1/8/2013 5:41:52 PM -
Re Mike's point, here's a story about a study that goes beyond individual cases
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As a doctor, past Major USAF and gun owner; I can not believe all the bull waste that is being published about guns. England, Australia, Canada and any other country you can pull up that has gun control or confiscation has had a very great increase in crime against the lawful citizens. I said EVERY! Criminals know that if you do not have guns then they can kill, rape, rob what ever they want freely. When you carry a gun the criminal is worried. Get off the socialist attitude of government control of guns and tell the facts about gun control. My Constitutional right to own and carry a gun is not limited by the type or amount I can own. Stand for your rights or be like the countries I just listed and watch your rights disappear.
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Laurence Tribe on rethinking how we interpret the Second Amendment--the slippery slope argument is gone. #gunviolence @harvardHSPHby Greg Britton via twitter 1/8/2013 5:46:32 PM -
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To address Sanchez' question here is a link: www.reuters.com
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Hemenway: Gun owners need to change their norms about storage #gunviolenceby The Forum at HSPH via twitter 1/8/2013 5:51:26 PM
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Re guns in homes, what role should doctors, especially pediatricians, play? Docs talking about guns with their patients or patients’ parents is an issue: In 2011, Florida Gov. Scott signed a law prohibiting doctors and other healthcare providers from asking patients about guns in the home. A judge tossed it out last summer
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Pediatricians from Boston Children’s weigh in on what their profession can do to prevent gun violence in kids, open access in NEJM One terrifying anecdote: A mother told one of their colleagues, “Why, yes, I have a loaded gun in the drawer of my bedside table.” She had apparently never considered the risk to her child.
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The pediatricians argue, “It is particularly important that children's health care providers have the opportunity (and time) to discuss the issue of guns with the families of children and young people who have developmental, behavioral, or mental health problems.”
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Reuters video: Lawyers, guns and money: the economy of the gun.
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Most often the police respond to a crime, they do not prevent it. Citizens in rural areas are particularly at risk because law enforcement is quite thin on the ground, especially at night, on weekends, and holidays. If a criminal attacks, shouldn't a law-abiding citizen have the right to protect herself?
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Right to own a gun does not include right to be free of licensing, background check, etc. - that is cultural #gunviolenceby The Forum at HSPH via twitter 1/8/2013 5:58:32 PM
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Most people have no idea whether there are guns in the home their child visits for play #gunviolenceby Train_Ryder via twitter 1/8/2013 5:59:10 PM -
Now that Pof. Earls raised mental illness/Asperger's, here’s a recent paper from psychiatrists at Weill Cornell, in the New England Journal of Medicine, on social isolation (which Newtown shooter Adam Lanza reportedly suffered from, beginning at a young age) and violence.
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Speaking of buybacks: LA trades guns for gift cards
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Citzens can own assult rifles but you must have a specializd license to even be able to have three round burst on your assult rifle. Guns are weapons and have protected us and our familys since the beginning of time. Knives are also weapons, easier to conceal, and quiet. why are knives not a problem?
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Let’s not forget the everyday, one-by-one gun deaths as opposed to the mass slaughters: we’re closing in on 500 people killed by guns since Newtown, according to the count by Slate and @GunDeaths:
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Once again, since Tribe mentioned the Florida law:
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Here's a bit more about smart guns
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Re video games and violence, the research is not at all straightforward. Slate explained it well.
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I agree that guns are harmful.. But video games? Hitler didn't play Call of Duty, did he? Not to my knowledge. Neither did Mao, or any violent person before the invention of video games. Not to say that violence in video games shouldn't be regulated, but by who? Not the Government. We should educate parents just as much as children. The only difference tends to be that children will listen to adults, whereas other adults tend to ignore their peers only because they think that they know better and a "That won't happen to me," type of attitude seems to be pervasive in the adults in the U.S.
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Here's one cost in the wake of the Newtown shooting at some schools in New Jersey
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Other Reuters news today on the Giffords' initiative www.reuters.com
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@Sharon, absolutely will deter people seeking help... at least those who want a gun. I had to "sign away" my HIPPA rights in order to receive my rifle purchasers permit.. I think if people need to be more aware of what laws are already in place specifically in very strict states like mine (NJ).
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We have lived in Paris since 2001. Our neighborhood is a very "lively, touristic" one. There are pickpockets who will steal your purse or wallet. But we feel very safe here. I come home alone at any time in the evening without fearing for my safety. I don't think a single woman in any mid-size American city can say the same. We need to stop discussing, debating, cogitating and decide that as a society, we will not accept the rate of deaths caused by guns in the United States.
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