Doctors groups call on lawmakers to limit access to firearms

Published February 16, 2018 7:55pm ET



Several doctors groups are calling on Congress and President Trump to take measures against gun violence that include restricting access to firearms that have “features designed to increase their rapid and extended killing capacity.”

The groups’ list of other requests includes labeling gun violence “a national public health epidemic” and including a line item in the omnibus spending bill allowing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research gun violence.

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