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Two medical organizations have submitted briefs to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] insisting that [[gun control]] is good for public health.<ref>http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-290acAmericanPublicHealthAssociation.pdf</ref><ref>
http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-290tsaAmerican%20Academy.pdf</ref>
Are they right? This essay, which welcomes suggestions by others, looks at the logic and evidence of the impact of [[gun control]] on public health.
== Fallacies in Arguments Made by the Medical Groups ==
(will address later)
== Headline text ==
== Sources ==
* Roland H. Beason, "COMMENTARY: Printz Punts on the Palladium of Rights: It Is Time to Protect the Right of the Individual to Keep and Bear Arms," 50 Ala. L. Rev. 561 (Winter, 1999)
* http://www.jpands.org/hacienda/edcor6.html (the benefit of firearms for public health)
* http://www.jpands.org/hacienda/comm12.html (Gun death statistics from [[CDC]])
* http://www.jpands.org/hacienda/comm13.html (collecting cases on Second Amendment)
* http://www.jpands.org/hacienda/wheeler1.html (when pediatricians become politicians)
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