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American Academy of Nursing on policy: Recommendations in response to mass shootings
Nursing Outlook
Vol. 66Issue 3p333–336Published online: April 16, 2018
- Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda
- Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell
- Marie Ann Marino
- Jocelyn C. Anderson
- Kathryn Laughon
Cited in Scopus: 7
When Americans gather in public places, schools, work, places of worship, and at home, they should feel safe and not afraid. The recent massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 individuals were murdered, has led to a public outcry for action by policymakers to address mass shootings. This call to action is similar to those made in response to the mass shootings in Columbine, Sandy Hook, Orlando, and Las Vegas, making a case for a lack of progress and apathy in addressing mass shootings.