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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. | 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. | ||
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== Medical Arguments Against Gun Control == | == Medical Arguments Against Gun Control == | ||
| + | The ''amici curiae'' brief of the American Publish Health Association argues that:<ref>http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-290acAmericanPublicHealthAssociation.pdf (at p. 8)</ref> | ||
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| + | :While others address the legal standard that should govern this Court’s scrutiny of the statutes at issue, amici submit the following empirical information regarding the effect of firearms, and in particular handguns, on the public's health. See, e.g., ''Brown v. Bd. of Educ.'', 347 U.S. 483, 494 & n.11 (1952) (empirical evidence informs constitutional analysis). | ||
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Revision as of 01:42, January 25, 2008
Two medical organizations have submitted briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court insisting that gun control is good for public health.[1][2]
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.
Hitler was deterred from invading Switzerland during World War II in part for the same reason.
Medical Arguments Against Gun Control
The amici curiae brief of the American Publish Health Association argues that:[3]
- While others address the legal standard that should govern this Court’s scrutiny of the statutes at issue, amici submit the following empirical information regarding the effect of firearms, and in particular handguns, on the public's health. See, e.g., Brown v. Bd. of Educ., 347 U.S. 483, 494 & n.11 (1952) (empirical evidence informs constitutional analysis).
References
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)