1 Million Americans Will Be Shot in the Next Decade'- Trauma Doctors Take On the NRA and Gun Violence -

“I see more gunshot wounds as a trauma surgeon here in the U.S. per week than I did in Afghanistan;There’s no question about it!'says Dr. M. Williams, chief of  Trauma & Critical Care at Howard Univ.Hospital.” In an  Atlantic short documentary, American Trauma: How the NRA Sparked a Medical Rebellion, he & other esteemed trauma surgeons explain how the severity & frequent fatality of gunshot-related injuries has galvanized the medical community to take action against gun violence, but their hands are tied: In 1996, Congress passed an amendment—lobbied for by the NRA, that prevented the CDCP from using federal funds to “advocate or promote gun control.” This includes conducting government-sponsored research on the effects of gun violence. “This is not a Democratic issue. It's not a Republican issue,” Dr. Sakran says. “This is an American issue. And it’s a uniquely American problem.”