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The question doctors can't ask

By The Atlantic  
   August 12, 2014

The American Academy of Pediatrics likens counseling on gun safety to counseling on lead paint avoidance or seat belt use. Pediatricians, the group's recent policy statement reads, are "urged to counsel parents about the dangers of allowing children and adolescents to have access to guns inside and outside the home." Doctors are encouraged to promote trigger locks, lock boxes, and gun safes. Some distribute cable locks. The American College of Physicians is similarly proactive, calling gun violence a public health issue "requiring immediate attention." The group, of which most practicing internal-medicine doctors are members, declared in its recent position statement.

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