MEDICAL JOURNAL REFUTES PUBLIC HEALTH "STUDIES" ON GUNS

Taking issue with the public health community's campaign against firearms, an article in a major medical publication reveals that much of the public health research on guns and violence are "flawed" and are "unduly influenced by political agendas leading to biased and incorrect conclusions."

The article, "Doctors and Guns (Part II) - A Failure of the Public Health Model," appears in the spring issue of the Medical Sentinel, the official journal of the Association of Physicians and Surgeons. Written by Miguel A. Faria, Jr., M.D., the article debunks as "poor science" the widely publicized studies that have appeared over the years in such medical publications as the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of Medicine.

Faria exposes how the research is "prejudiced by the public health establishment's 1979 stated objective of the total eradication of handguns in the United States."

Among the wide-spread public health claims about firearms refuted by Faria's article are: women are not in more danger if they carry or own guns; the ease of access or availability of guns is not a cause of crime; and, gun violence is not the leading accidental cause of death in children. The entire article and accompanying editorial can be viewed at: www.aapsonline.org