Dr. Thomas Weiser attempted to take the politics out of the gun control topic buy looks at the dollars and cents of firearm injuries. After a first study showed that hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money was being used to pay for hospitalizations, he dug deeper and looked at the impact of firearm legislation and the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
To read the paper published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, click here: https://www-sciencedirect-com.laneproxy.stanford.edu/science/article/pii/S0749379723003227?via%3Dihub
Learn more about the Gabby Giffords Gun Law Scorecard here:
https://giffords.org/lawcenter/resources/scorecard/
Dr. Weiser is a Clinical Professor in the Division of General Surgery at Stanford University. He is a general, emergency, and trauma surgeon, and surgical intensivist. He is also the Director of Global Engagement for Stanford’s Department of Surgery.
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