For the final scene of the film, Moore visited Charlton Heston in his home and asked him about American firearm violence.

Private Guns, Public Health (2006) describes the public health approach to reducing firearm violence, and summarizes scientific research on firearms and health.

However, as a clinician, as someone who is committed to emergency medicine, it is equally evident to me that firearm violence is wreaking havoc on public health.

But my message to the national Government is, look at the tremendous increases in firearm violence.

As the tagline states, there is very little firearm violence; most of the fighting is hand-to-hand, in keeping with the 1958 setting.

Congress expressed special concern that "(t)he level of firearm violence in this country is, by far, the highest among developed nations."

IT'S become commonplace at this time of the year to see public-service advertising that seeks to reduce firearm violence or traffic accidents.

The extent of firearm violence globally is enormous, as is the human suffering.

And some are lobbying their professional organizations for curriculum changes in medical school and more academic respect for research on firearm violence.

The various studies document increasingly high rates of firearm violence among young urban blacks and the widespread availability of handguns among high school students of all races.