gun violence: Emergency Department: Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics Push Gurney down brightly lit hospital hall.

Opinion: More Than a Public Health Crisis, Gun Violence Is an Emergency

By |

There have been calls to declare gun violence a public health crisis. I would agree with this statement, which largely speaks to the rising prevalence of gun violence. However, calling it a public health crisis doesn’t convey the magnitude of gun violence. It seems like people name a thing a crisis to get things done, so there’s an oversaturation with the term. 

Gun violence is different. Think of the brutality and immediacy of death that results from gun violence.