In Medical Triumph, Homicides Fall Despite Soaring Gun Violence

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14. Where is the money?

I agree overall advances in medical care and trauma teams have increased survivability for what were once unsalvageable patients.

However, I question the source and the added shooting "homicide" rate dropping and "attack" rising bears scrutiny. First who funded the research and the funded departments (indirectly or directly) that worked on this joint endeavor?

Second how are the two "separate" research groups related.

Third who collected the data and was it accurate and does it represent what it seems to.

One could say that as more guns become legally available more shootings (attacks) will occur. However if you include "attacks" as police shooting or private citizens shooting criminals worthy of such an attack then shame on you for distorting truth to serve a purpose. I make mention of this because the wording was changed from "homicide" to "attack". There are good and bad attacks that exist dependent on how you interpret an attack.

One could even state that as more legal guns are present more criminal risk getting shot but we have better medical care. I'm fine with that but separate it and state it so.

I guess I question the source of the report. John Hopkins, whose public health department is actually called "The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health" Former Mayor Bloomberg of MAIG is a strong and well-funded proponent of severely strict gun control and gun bans (handguns) even within the home. The Joyce foundation supports MAIG, VPC and gives millions of dollars in support to anti-gun groups and funds higher learning departs such as those for public health and law.

Now that won't influence Howard in this joint report, right? Howard merged with John Hopkins in 1998 and at that time accepted to assume the Hospital's debt of approximately $57 million and accept:
To fund the Hospital's 5-year Strategic Plan of about $25 million
To fund the Hospital's 5-year capital replacement plan of about $20 million
To fund a new private, non-profit foundation with approximately $40 million

I would hope this report is subjected to strong unbiased review as would any other medical report. However that's not required when education is in the form of a New Paper article.
[link:http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/academics/schools/bloomberg_school_of_public_health/|

[link:http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/1998/MARCH/howard.html|

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