The bullet enters the body, and the energy, as it dissipates, tissues stretch and lacerate, bones fracture. The bullet and its kinetic energy causes acute injury, we advocate for research funding support so we can seek better ways to prevent these injuries and to improve the treatment of these injuries that impact long-term disabilities.

Stephen Hargarten

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Where is the federal government in all of this ? When there are so many deaths, we need to invest in this issue now, look what we did with HIV and AIDS when it was breaking out in the'80s and'90s. The federal government addressed it, and the complexity and the political issues, and it helped groups most at risk, by investing our resources appropriately, and it made a huge difference in that disease process. It's imperative that we do that for guns.

Stephen Hargarten

It meets the definition of a disease. A disease is caused by an agent. In the case of the flu, it's caused by a virus.

Stephen Hargarten

Trigger locks, lock boxes, and proper securing of guns in the home are all very important but challenging to do every day, just like using seat belts, it’s an active prevention strategy requiring constant active behavior to achieve success.

Stephen Hargarten

The environments are really designed for cars to flow, not for pedestrians, certainly, the distracted pedestrian, the intoxicated pedestrian, the older pedestrians are all at risk.

Stephen Hargarten