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Mobilizing healthcare professionals in the movement to end gun violence. A campaign of @bradyunited.org led by trauma surgeon & gun violence survivor @JosephSakran.bsky.social. Learn more and join us at bradyunited.org.
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· Nov 4
A gun violence 'action plan' calls for a new emphasis on prevention
Dozens of leaders in medicine, criminal justice and more issued an urgent call for collective action to tackle the gun violence crisis in the U.S.
www.npr.org
"In America, the burden [of addressing gun violence] has often been placed on the shoulders of a few people. What this report is talking about is the collective action that is so critical...to move the needle forward." — @bradyunited.org Chief Medical Officer @josephsakran.bsky.social #ThisIsOurLane
Jeri Rees said her nephew was denied care after the assault, claiming that officers did not immediately call paramedics and instead pressed his face into a pool of blood.
“The other officers were mocking him, saying, ‘You’re going to lose your eye,' " she said her nephew told her. #ThisIsOurLane
“The other officers were mocking him, saying, ‘You’re going to lose your eye,' " she said her nephew told her. #ThisIsOurLane
A 21-year-old underwent 6 hours of surgery and is permanently blind after an ICE agent fired just feet from him.
There is nothing "non-lethal" about these weapons — which are increasingly being used by federal agents in ways that appear to flout the law, including by aiming at the head or spine.
There is nothing "non-lethal" about these weapons — which are increasingly being used by federal agents in ways that appear to flout the law, including by aiming at the head or spine.
Anti-ICE Protester, 21, Permanently Blinded by Federal Agent Who Shot Him with Non-Lethal Bullet at Close Range, Aunt Says
A protester demonstrating against ICE in Santa Ana, Calif., was struck with a non-lethal round fired at close range by an agent, leaving him permanently blinded in one eye.
people.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Jeri Rees said her nephew was denied care after the assault, claiming that officers did not immediately call paramedics and instead pressed his face into a pool of blood.
“The other officers were mocking him, saying, ‘You’re going to lose your eye,' " she said her nephew told her. #ThisIsOurLane
“The other officers were mocking him, saying, ‘You’re going to lose your eye,' " she said her nephew told her. #ThisIsOurLane
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They blame mental health.
They cut mental health care.
They protect unfettered access to guns.
Amazing how the real problem is the one that they always refuse to touch.
They cut mental health care.
They protect unfettered access to guns.
Amazing how the real problem is the one that they always refuse to touch.
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM
They blame mental health.
They cut mental health care.
They protect unfettered access to guns.
Amazing how the real problem is the one that they always refuse to touch.
They cut mental health care.
They protect unfettered access to guns.
Amazing how the real problem is the one that they always refuse to touch.
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"Preventing a physician from treating a dying woman is not merely a procedural choice. It is a moral one. And it should alarm all of us." — Brady Board Chair and @thisisourlane.org Founder @josephsakran.bsky.social
Read more in @usatoday.com.
Read more in @usatoday.com.
I'm a surgeon – and I've been shot. ICE denying Renee Good aid is inhumane.
I do not know if Renee Nicole Good could have been saved; no one can say with certainty. But she should have been given every possible chance.
www.usatoday.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
"Preventing a physician from treating a dying woman is not merely a procedural choice. It is a moral one. And it should alarm all of us." — Brady Board Chair and @thisisourlane.org Founder @josephsakran.bsky.social
Read more in @usatoday.com.
Read more in @usatoday.com.
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Join Brady's @endfamilyfire.org for a webinar on effective strategies for healthcare practitioners to discuss secure firearm storage and keep communities safe.
Register at bit.ly/bradyyouthsa....
Register at bit.ly/bradyyouthsa....
January 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Join Brady's @endfamilyfire.org for a webinar on effective strategies for healthcare practitioners to discuss secure firearm storage and keep communities safe.
Register at bit.ly/bradyyouthsa....
Register at bit.ly/bradyyouthsa....
Decades of data show childhood exposure to gun violence drives lifelong mental health harm, including depression and substance abuse, with differences across race and gender.
Clinicians must include related prevention, screening, and trauma-informed care as part of regular practice.
Clinicians must include related prevention, screening, and trauma-informed care as part of regular practice.
Examining Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Childhood Gun Violence Exposure: Variations by Race/Ethnicity and Gender - Journal of Urban Health
This study examined the long-term mental health outcomes associated with childhood gun violence exposure by race/ethnicity and gender. Data were drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth…
link.springer.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Decades of data show childhood exposure to gun violence drives lifelong mental health harm, including depression and substance abuse, with differences across race and gender.
Clinicians must include related prevention, screening, and trauma-informed care as part of regular practice.
Clinicians must include related prevention, screening, and trauma-informed care as part of regular practice.
Guns in the home can create an unexpected risk when it comes to youth suicide, which often involves firearms from home.
Health providers can help educate families on risks, secure storage options, and tools like extreme risk protection orders before tragedy strikes.
Health providers can help educate families on risks, secure storage options, and tools like extreme risk protection orders before tragedy strikes.
injuryprevention.bmj.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Guns in the home can create an unexpected risk when it comes to youth suicide, which often involves firearms from home.
Health providers can help educate families on risks, secure storage options, and tools like extreme risk protection orders before tragedy strikes.
Health providers can help educate families on risks, secure storage options, and tools like extreme risk protection orders before tragedy strikes.
As folks travel this holiday season, something to keep in mind – Firearms in vehicles are an often-overlooked risk for children. Over half of parents report keeping guns in cars, and a third leave them unlocked.
Counseling families on safe storage in vehicles can save lives.
Counseling families on safe storage in vehicles can save lives.
An Overlooked Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study Examining Vehicle Firearm Storage to Reduce Youth Access and Injury
Vehicle firearm storage is an often-overlooked pathway for firearm injuries among children, one that complements and sometimes compounds the risks from in home storage. While firearm safety research…
digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu
December 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As folks travel this holiday season, something to keep in mind – Firearms in vehicles are an often-overlooked risk for children. Over half of parents report keeping guns in cars, and a third leave them unlocked.
Counseling families on safe storage in vehicles can save lives.
Counseling families on safe storage in vehicles can save lives.
During the holidays, families gather—let’s make safety part of the celebration. Clinicians and parents can work together to keep children safe from firearm injuries at home and in vehicles.
Wishing everyone a peaceful and protected holiday season.
Wishing everyone a peaceful and protected holiday season.
December 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
During the holidays, families gather—let’s make safety part of the celebration. Clinicians and parents can work together to keep children safe from firearm injuries at home and in vehicles.
Wishing everyone a peaceful and protected holiday season.
Wishing everyone a peaceful and protected holiday season.
Defunding the American Academy of Pediatrics undermines gun violence prevention.
Pediatricians are trusted messengers for firearm safety, suicide prevention, & trauma care; this is incredibly dangerous, as gun violence is the leading cause of death for kids in the US. 🧵
Pediatricians are trusted messengers for firearm safety, suicide prevention, & trauma care; this is incredibly dangerous, as gun violence is the leading cause of death for kids in the US. 🧵
How Trump's Attack on the American Academy of Pediatrics Hurts Youth — and the Fight Against Gun Violence
How political retaliation undermines child safety and public health
krisbrownofficial.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Defunding the American Academy of Pediatrics undermines gun violence prevention.
Pediatricians are trusted messengers for firearm safety, suicide prevention, & trauma care; this is incredibly dangerous, as gun violence is the leading cause of death for kids in the US. 🧵
Pediatricians are trusted messengers for firearm safety, suicide prevention, & trauma care; this is incredibly dangerous, as gun violence is the leading cause of death for kids in the US. 🧵
Firearm owners at highest risk for suicide—older men, racial minorities—rarely seek mental health care. Outreach, counseling, and lethal means interventions must go beyond traditional mental health settings.
What are some ways you try to reach community members where they’re at?
What are some ways you try to reach community members where they’re at?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Firearm owners at highest risk for suicide—older men, racial minorities—rarely seek mental health care. Outreach, counseling, and lethal means interventions must go beyond traditional mental health settings.
What are some ways you try to reach community members where they’re at?
What are some ways you try to reach community members where they’re at?
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After tragedies like those this weekend, particularly when the horror of gun violence hits so close to home:
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
First We Grieve
Then we must act.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
After tragedies like those this weekend, particularly when the horror of gun violence hits so close to home:
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
First, we grieve. Then, turn to facts. Then, with understanding rather than anger or fear, we must act - with community and heart at the center. 💜
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
As clinicians, we know fear is natural, but it must fuel action. Policy, community, & conversation can protect children. We’re so grateful to This Is Our Lane Advisory Council member @meganranney.bsky.social for translating data into actionable guidance.
What Parents Should Know About Gun Violence | ParentData by Emily Oster
Gun violence is one of those topics that every parent dreads thinking about, but also one we can’t afford to ignore.
parentdata.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
As clinicians, we know fear is natural, but it must fuel action. Policy, community, & conversation can protect children. We’re so grateful to This Is Our Lane Advisory Council member @meganranney.bsky.social for translating data into actionable guidance.
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Heartbroken by the shooting at Brown University. My thoughts are with the students, faculty, staff, and families impacted. No campus should ever feel unsafe.
December 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Heartbroken by the shooting at Brown University. My thoughts are with the students, faculty, staff, and families impacted. No campus should ever feel unsafe.
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Today, as we grieve the tragedy at Brown, we observe 13 yrs since the horrific school shooting at Sandy Hook.
Since then, hundreds of thousands of Americans have died of gun violence.
What’s perhaps most tragic is these deaths are preventable. We know the solutions. We need the conviction to act.
Since then, hundreds of thousands of Americans have died of gun violence.
What’s perhaps most tragic is these deaths are preventable. We know the solutions. We need the conviction to act.
December 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Today, as we grieve the tragedy at Brown, we observe 13 yrs since the horrific school shooting at Sandy Hook.
Since then, hundreds of thousands of Americans have died of gun violence.
What’s perhaps most tragic is these deaths are preventable. We know the solutions. We need the conviction to act.
Since then, hundreds of thousands of Americans have died of gun violence.
What’s perhaps most tragic is these deaths are preventable. We know the solutions. We need the conviction to act.
Young people who have a parent in the U.S. military carry firearms at higher rates, but secure storage practices are poorly tracked making it even more important for healthcare providers to counsel military families and promote firearm safety.
Firearm Access Among Military-Connected Youth: A Systematic Review
AbstractIntroduction. Youth with a parent in the U.S. military are more likely than their peers without a parent in the military to report suicidal ideatio
academic.oup.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Young people who have a parent in the U.S. military carry firearms at higher rates, but secure storage practices are poorly tracked making it even more important for healthcare providers to counsel military families and promote firearm safety.
So proud of This is Our Lane founder & @bradyunited.org
Chief Medical Officer & Board Chair @josephsakran.bsky.social for his work on this new study published @facs.org on @stopthebleed.bsky.social, which underscores why training is so important, and can make the difference between life and death
Chief Medical Officer & Board Chair @josephsakran.bsky.social for his work on this new study published @facs.org on @stopthebleed.bsky.social, which underscores why training is so important, and can make the difference between life and death
Statewide Analysis Quantifies Life-Saving Potential of Stop the Bleed
Quicker access to bleeding control interventions could have prevented the deaths of numerous homicide victims in Maryland, analysis finds.
www.facs.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So proud of This is Our Lane founder & @bradyunited.org
Chief Medical Officer & Board Chair @josephsakran.bsky.social for his work on this new study published @facs.org on @stopthebleed.bsky.social, which underscores why training is so important, and can make the difference between life and death
Chief Medical Officer & Board Chair @josephsakran.bsky.social for his work on this new study published @facs.org on @stopthebleed.bsky.social, which underscores why training is so important, and can make the difference between life and death
Thanks to This is Our Lane advisory council member @robincogan.bsky.social for reminding us all that our care extends beyond clinics and into the community, that we must protect the programs that make safety & healing possible, & that life-saving funding MUST be restored.
The Relentless School Nurse: A Summer Without Homicides, But a Future at Risk
Camden, New Jersey, achieved a milestone: a summer with zero homicides for the first time in 50 years. This isn’t just a statistic; it is proof that when community-based programs, public health ini…
relentlessschoolnurse.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thanks to This is Our Lane advisory council member @robincogan.bsky.social for reminding us all that our care extends beyond clinics and into the community, that we must protect the programs that make safety & healing possible, & that life-saving funding MUST be restored.
Evidence shows that simple electronic health record prompts and structured workflows boost safety plan documentation in emergency rooms from 1.3% → 66%. That’s huge.
Lethal means counseling works when it’s consistent, and putting systems in place like this can help make it happen.
Lethal means counseling works when it’s consistent, and putting systems in place like this can help make it happen.
4.79 Improving Safety Planning Documentation in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Lethal means counseling (LMC) is the assessment and restriction of access to high-risk items such as firearms, medications, and sharp objects. It is a core element of safety planning for youth in…
buff.ly
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Evidence shows that simple electronic health record prompts and structured workflows boost safety plan documentation in emergency rooms from 1.3% → 66%. That’s huge.
Lethal means counseling works when it’s consistent, and putting systems in place like this can help make it happen.
Lethal means counseling works when it’s consistent, and putting systems in place like this can help make it happen.
Firearm laws directly impact youth safety. Pediatricians, school nurses, and mental health providers can integrate this knowledge into counseling: reinforce secure storage, supervision, and parental responsibility, and guide families on ways to reduce adolescent firearm risk.
58.3 Firearm Laws, Child Safety, and Accountability: What Clinicians Need to Know
Understanding US firearm legislation provides critical insight into its impact on public safety, particularly in protecting children and adolescents. This presentation examines key legal…
www.jaacap.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Firearm laws directly impact youth safety. Pediatricians, school nurses, and mental health providers can integrate this knowledge into counseling: reinforce secure storage, supervision, and parental responsibility, and guide families on ways to reduce adolescent firearm risk.
Assault-related firearm injuries among kids aren’t just more common—they’re far more severe, often requiring ICU care.
We need targeted prevention and safe storage counseling now.
We need targeted prevention and safe storage counseling now.
journals.lww.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Assault-related firearm injuries among kids aren’t just more common—they’re far more severe, often requiring ICU care.
We need targeted prevention and safe storage counseling now.
We need targeted prevention and safe storage counseling now.
Pomona Valley Hospital joined the Pomona Peace Walk to end gun violence. With their distribution of free cable gun locks and "Stop the Bleed" classes, they’re showing how healthcare professionals can lead and take real action. This Is Our Lane—we are preventing injuries and saving lives.
Pomona Valley Hospital Joins Peace Walk to End Gun Violence
Pomona Valley Hospital joined the Pomona Peace Walk to raise awareness about gun violence and promote safety through education and free gun locks.
www.pvhmc.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Pomona Valley Hospital joined the Pomona Peace Walk to end gun violence. With their distribution of free cable gun locks and "Stop the Bleed" classes, they’re showing how healthcare professionals can lead and take real action. This Is Our Lane—we are preventing injuries and saving lives.
Thankful for the healthcare heroes working to prevent gun violence.
Your compassion, courage, and commitment to preventing gun violence—whether through patient care, trauma response, community outreach, or policy advocacy—save lives and bring hope to countless families.
Thank you for all you do.
Your compassion, courage, and commitment to preventing gun violence—whether through patient care, trauma response, community outreach, or policy advocacy—save lives and bring hope to countless families.
Thank you for all you do.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Thankful for the healthcare heroes working to prevent gun violence.
Your compassion, courage, and commitment to preventing gun violence—whether through patient care, trauma response, community outreach, or policy advocacy—save lives and bring hope to countless families.
Thank you for all you do.
Your compassion, courage, and commitment to preventing gun violence—whether through patient care, trauma response, community outreach, or policy advocacy—save lives and bring hope to countless families.
Thank you for all you do.
The week around Thanksgiving has the third-highest number of unintentional shootings out of all weeks in the year. This holiday season and always, talk to your patients about firearm access and safety. Discussions about secure storage save lives.
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The week around Thanksgiving has the third-highest number of unintentional shootings out of all weeks in the year. This holiday season and always, talk to your patients about firearm access and safety. Discussions about secure storage save lives.
Last week, we were at the National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms where we presented the #ThisIsOurLane resource, "How to Talk to Patients About Firearm Access and Safety" and survey results on how healthcare professionals feel about firearm safety discussions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Last week, we were at the National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms where we presented the #ThisIsOurLane resource, "How to Talk to Patients About Firearm Access and Safety" and survey results on how healthcare professionals feel about firearm safety discussions.
CVI works. Richmond went from 47 homicides to 2 by centering those most affected in violence prevention. Healing, mentorship, and accountability reduce shootings and heal communities. Medical providers should support CVI—it’s public health in action.
In "Advancing Peace," DeVone Boggan, founder of the gun prevention program Advance Peace, and urban public health scholar Jason Corburn illustrate how to interrupt cycles of violence and create safer, healthier, more equitable communities: bit.ly/4nlfRYm
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
CVI works. Richmond went from 47 homicides to 2 by centering those most affected in violence prevention. Healing, mentorship, and accountability reduce shootings and heal communities. Medical providers should support CVI—it’s public health in action.