Which raises the question: What are we as a society doing to stop gun violence before it starts? Gun Violence Is a Public Health Crisis So we can say with certainty: The best medical treatment for gun violence is prevention. One of us has even experienced them firsthand, as a survivor of gun violence. Working as trauma surgeons in a large city, we witness the deadly consequences of America’s weak gun policies every day. The young Black mother became the third victim of gun violence to die within those walls in less than an hour. Our healthcare team at the Johns Hopkins Hospital made all the right lifesaving maneuvers, but it wasn’t enough. On a beautiful summer night in Baltimore City, a pregnant woman lay in the trauma bay of a hospital emergency room - pulseless, lifeless.
