We support H.R.1808 / S.746, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2021. Therefore, we call for a new federal Assault Weapons Ban. However, assault weapons have no place in the civilian arena. They have been used in many locations including Newtown, San Bernadino, Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs, Parkland, and most recently in Uvalde, each incident killing more than a dozen people.ĪPSA acknowledges the Second Amendment and the right to responsible gun ownership. These weapons have the capacity for rapid fire and large numbers of rounds between reloads which increases their lethality and the number of victims. Although these mass shootings are a small percentage of overall gun deaths each year, they have been used to perpetrate mass shootings of children and adults in public places that should be safe such as schools, grocery stores, theaters and churches. During the decade of the previous ban, public mass shootings and deaths decreased. The American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) calls for a new federal Assault Weapons Ban on military-style firearms. DNA samples from their parents were required to identify the children. The damage and injuries that these children sustained were so extreme and widespread that their own parents could not recognize them. In the massacre that happened in Uvalde, TX, the victims were 9 and 10 year old children, averaging about 60 pounds in weight. The injury inflicted by an assault rifle is so massive and widespread the victim dies at the scene. When the weapon used to perpetrate harm is an assault rifle, often the victim does not even make it alive to our doors. We have trained for this, practiced it, and, unfortunately, lived these resuscitations over and over and over in emergency rooms across the United States. We gather our teams and we plan, prepare and wait in our trauma bays for the victim to arrive. 'Statement from the American Pediatric Surgical Association Board of GovernorsĪs pediatric trauma surgeons, when a call goes out about an injured child, we are ready. Let us make our own sun, moon, stars and sky That being lost in your path is a new map in making Those failure are requirement for your success

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