title: Critical issues on gun violence in the hospital workplace.
abstract: The authors stress the need for keeping guns out of hospitals and their belief that healthcare security directors should take the lead in the battle for "gun control." They also present the responses, pro and con, to a blog advocating this belief from hospital security professionals.
authors.affiliation: Security Services at Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramsey-Hamilton
mesh_terms: D005389:Firearms; D006761:Hospitals; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*