The American Medical Association has released a report outlining a plan for reducing violent crime involving guns and strategies to reduce “firearms harms.”
The report, “Toward a Safer World by 2040: The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms,” lays out five broad strategies outlined during a March summit of 60 leaders from a spectrum of disciplines.
The report, released on Nov. 3, states that the strategies are meant to address, from a wide perspective, violent crime and harms by people with guns.
“Achieving the 2040 vision will require expansion of proven evidence-based strategies and the development of new, innovative approaches rooted in equity, accountability, and collective responsibility,” the report’s abstract reads….