The American Medical Association's House of Delegates plans to consider an "unprecedented" number of proposals on gun violence prevention at its annual meeting June 9-13, according to a report in Forbes.
The delegates will consider almost a dozen proposals on gun control, from banning bump stocks to increasing the legal age for purchasing guns from 18 to 21, according to the report.
After the 2016 mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., the AMA declared gun violence a public health crisis and resolved to lobby Congress to allow the CDC to research gun violence. The association has supported policies that promote gun safety since the 1980s.
The AMA's renewed push for gun control has generated some controversy among advocates for gun ownership and conservative media. For example, the editor of a blog called Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership wrote, "Jumping aboard progressive bandwagons is the main tactic left to the AMA to wield influence, since it now includes no more than 25% of America's physicians as members, even though it claims to represent us all." "Fox & Friends" ran a segment questioning the AMA's political agenda.
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