Year: 2018
Resolution Number: 44
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status: In Progress
Author(s): Annette Mercatante, MD
Sponsor: Annette Mercatante, MD
On behalf of: MI Assoc. of Preventive Medicine & Public Health
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS supports physicians working with local and state public health agencies, law enforcement agencies, and other community organizations and leaders to identify, develop and evaluate strategies to increase firearm safety and prevent firearm injury and death; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS supports evidence-based research on gun-related injuries and deaths, including funding for such research, and the collection of health care, medical examiner, and criminal justice data at the local, state, and federal level; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS supports policy changes that prohibit acquisition of firearms by high-risk persons, requires firearm owners to have firearm safety certification, and ban the sale of assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines.
RESOLVED: That MSMS supports physicians working with local and state public health agencies, law enforcement agencies, and other community organizations and leaders to identify, develop and evaluate strategies to increase firearm safety and prevent firearm injury and death; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS supports evidence-based research on gun-related injuries and deaths, including funding for such research, and the collection of health care, medical examiner, and criminal justice data at the local, state, and federal level; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS supports policy changes that prohibit acquisition of firearms by high-risk persons, requires firearm owners to have firearm safety certification, and ban the sale of assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Address Gun Violence using a Public Health Approach
For More Information, Contact:
Christin Nohner
, Director, State and Federal Government Relations
Government Relations
517-336-5737
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