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June 15, 2018

American Medical Association Demands Gun Control, Divests from Fossil Fuels
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The American Medical Association has voted to take on two major public
health issues: gun violence and climate change. During its annual
meeting in Chicago this week, the AMA voted to support nearly a dozen
gun control measures, including a ban on the sale and ownership of
assault-style weapons. Former AMA President Dr. David O. Barbe said in a
statement, "In emergency rooms across the country, the carnage of gun
violence has become a too routine experience. … It doesn't have to be
this way, and we urge lawmakers to act." The AMA also voted this week to
divest from companies that get the majority of their income from fossil
fuels. Climate activist Bill Mc Kibben celebrated the news, tweeting,
"The AMA is saying to the dirty fuels industry what it said to tobacco a
generation ago: You are killing our patients and we will not allow it
anymore."


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