Root Causes

[Charles Brault]

It's not the Gun
Lot's of guns in Canada
And no problem getting illegal ones either or crossing the border
Longest undefended border in the world
Next to the largest gun market in the world

We consistantly have less murders and gun injuries
And even a few crased killer

It's not the gun
It's the way you treat most people most of the time

A certain amount of caring woven in a real social fabric
A valorisation of public institution and respect of authority ( not just force - Police)

Charles

----- Original Message ----
From: "KMATTOX at aol.com" <KMATTOX at aol.com>
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 5:10:41 PM
Subject: Re: Root Causes


In a message dated 4/18/2007 7:03:02 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
hammond at umdnj.edu writes:

1) I  don't think a Glock 9mm handgun is used for sport shooting. 
2) There are  indeed alternatives to banning handguns. Strategies such as
extended  waiting periods, elimiantion of strawman purchases and elimination
of  multiple gun purchases within a finite time period are examples.

The  key is that these strategies need to be coordinated. Currently, gun  laws
are a hodge-podge of local and state ordinances, rendering them  ineffective.
We have some tough gun laws in NJ for example, but as long as  PA does not,
there will be continued importation of illegal guns in NJ from  PA.

Jeffrey Hammond MD, MPH
Chief, Trauma/Surgical Critical  Care
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
ph:  732-235-7920
e-mail: hammond at umdnj.edu



Everyone on this list should know the tremendous job Dr. Hammond is doing  as 
Chair of the (newly reformed) Disaster SubCommittee of the ACS COT.   This 
leadership position is important at this point in time and he has been part  of 
the Atlantic Gulf States Trauma Disaster Coalition.   It was this  coalition 
that contacted 5-6 regional trauma centers around Roanoke during  Monday's 
disaster at V. Tech.    

As you each have recommendations regarding Disaster standards, please  
communicate them to Jeff.  

k



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