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APA President Calls for Gun Control Measures in Wake of Oregon Tragedy

In a blog post today, APA President Renée Binder, M.D., called for the implementation of “common sense measures” to reduce access to firearms in this country. Her call to action came in response to the mass shooting on Thursday that took the lives of nine people at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., as well as that of the 26-year-old gunman. Nine other people were wounded in the attack.“As physicians,” she wrote, “we have the opportunity to educate our patients about the risks of keeping guns in the home particularly...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - Saturday, 3 October, 2015