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Wed Apr 18 16:16:42 BST 2007

Again

It's not the gun laws

It's the culture
The sense of belonging

Charles

----- Original Message ----
From: artlam <artlam at u.washington.edu>
To: "Trauma & Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 6:10:13 PM
Subject: Re: Root Causes

Canada is indeed a good example, they have strict gun control laws.  You 
cannot walk into a store and buy a 9 mm Glock.

Arthur M. Lam M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief
Director of Cerebrovascular Laboratory
Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurological Surgery
University of Washington
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From: "Charles Brault" <c_brault at yahoo.com>
To: "Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: Root Causes

> 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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