So to be clear, the shock, grief, and anger arising from preventable gun death and injury should absolutely inspire public office holders to want to act. But the medical and social science evidence supporting common sense gun laws is overwhelming and irrefutable. #cdnpoli (1)

For example, the following is a list of 19 references for @najmadoc's presentation to the @SenateCA Standing Committee on National Security and Defence re: Bill C-71 on February 18. (2)

- Bauchner H, Rivara R, Bonow R, Death by Gun Violence – A Public Health Crisis, JAMA 2019
- Naghavi M and the Global Burden of Disease 2016 Injury Collaboration, Global Mortality from Firearms JAMA Surgery 2018
- StatsCan, 2018 - www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/89-28-0… (3)

- Reasonable control: Gun Registration in Canada, CMAJ, 2003
- Stewart R, Kuhls D, Rotondo M, Bulger E, Freedom with Responsibility: A Consensus Strategy for Preventing Injury, Death and Disability from Firearm Violence, JACS, April 2018 (4)

- Position Statement of the Canadian Pediatric Society, The Prevention of Firearm Injuries in Canadian Youth, 2018
- Policy Statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Firearm-Related Injuries affecting the Pediatric Population, Pediatrics 2012 (5)

- Call it Femicide report - femicideincanada.ca/callitfemicide…
- Yanchar N, Beno S; the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians and the Trauma Association of Canada, Annals of Surgery, 2018 (6)

- Miller M, Azarel D, Hemenway D, Firearm Availability and Unintentional Firearm Deaths, Suicide and Homicide among 5-14 Year olds, Journal of Trauma 2002 (7)

- Saunders N, Lee H, Macpherson A, Gauan J, Guttmann A, Risk of Firearm injuries among Children and youth of immigrant families, CMAJ, 2017 (8)

- Saunders N, Lebenbaum M, Stukel T, Lu H, Uriqia M, Kurdyak P, Guttmann A, Suicide and self-harm trends in recent immigrant youth in Ontario, 1996 – 2012: a population based longitudinal cohort study, BMJ Open, 2017 (9)

- Cunningham B, Walton M, Carter P, The Major Causes of Death in Children and Adolescent in the United States, NEJM 2018 (10)

- Kaufman E, Morrison C, Branas C, Wiebe D, State Firearm Laws and Interstate Firearm Deaths from Homicide and Suicide in the United States, A Cross-sectional Analysis of Data by County, JAMA Intern Med, 2018 (11)

- Kalesan B, Mobily M, Keiser O, Fagan J, Galea S, Firearm Legislation and Firearm Mortality in the USA: a cross-sectional, state level study, Lancet, 2016 (12)

- Santaell-Tenorioa J, Cerda M, Villaveces A, Galea S, What do we know about the Association between Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Injuries, Epidemiol Rev 2016 (13)

- Sarani B, Hendrix C, Matecki M, Estroff J, Amdur R, Robinson RH, Shapiro G, Gondek S, Mitchell R, Smith R, Wounding Patterns Based upon Firearm type in Civilian Public Mass Shootings in the US. JACS 2019 (14)

- National Research Council 2005. Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi.org/10.17226/10881
- Ranney M, Betz M, Dark C, #ThisIsOurLane – Firearm Safety as Health Care’s Highway, Perspective NEJM, Jan 2019 (15)

The facts demonstrate the need for policy actions to restrict guns. Senators, it is time to pass C-71 intact. @BillBlair, @RalphGoodale, and @JustinTrudeau, it is time to implement an assault weapons and handgun ban. #facts #cdnpoli (end)