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Debate: Gun Control in the United States

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Marymount University, Arlington, VA, USA

    Michael Boylan PhD

  2. The Independent Institute, Oakland, CA, USA

    Don B. Kates JD

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX, 77555-0165, USA

    Ronald W. Lindsey MD & Zbigniew Gugala MD, PhD

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Note from the Editor-in-Chief: Most of this symposium on gunshot injuries focuses on clinical research related to the treatment of patients wounded by firearms. However, the symposium’s guest editors believe, and I agree, that gunshot violence has a critical social component, and that any symposium on the topic needs to address this directly. We therefore are pleased to share this debate between two non-surgeon experts on the contentious issue of gun control.

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The opinions expressed are those of the guest editors’ invited experts, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR ® or the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®.

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Boylan, M., Kates, D.B., Lindsey, R.W. et al. Debate: Gun Control in the United States. Clin Orthop Relat Res 471, 3934–3936 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-3300-4

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