JAMA Network Open Editor Frederick Rivara, MD, MPH, discusses approaches to reducing firearm violence with several JAMA Viewpoint authors: Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH (Boston University), Elinore J. Kaufman, MD, MSHP (University of Pennsylvania), and Roger A. Mitchell Jr, MD (Howard University). Topics include the state-level response to firearm-related harms, the paucity of data on firearm violence, and the pervasive health effects of firearm violence on neighborhoods and in the carceral system.

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