TY - JOUR T1 - Firearm-related injuries in Canada: issues for prevention JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 1217 LP - 1223 VL - 145 IS - 10 AU - A. Chapdelaine AU - E. Samson AU - M. D. Kimberley AU - L. Viau Y1 - 1991/11/15 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/145/10/1217.abstract N2 - We reviewed the available data on firearm-related injuries in Canada to suggest strategies for prevention in the context of the proposed amendments to the Criminal Code (Bill C-17) currently before Parliament. The risk of death from a firearm in Canada is equivalent to the risk of death from a motor vehicle crash. We discuss the risks associated with firearms with regard to suicides, homicides and "accidents." We also discuss the accessibility of firearms. This article builds upon a recently published update on the epidemiologic basis of the public health approach for the prevention of firearm-related injuries and deaths. The key to the etiologic approach to preventing such injuries and deaths is to view the incidents, regardless of their medicolegal circumstances, as having one factor in common: the discharge of a firearm. ER -