Nurses must have moral courage to call upon our nation's leaders to reduce the effects of firearms

Abstract

President Biden's inauguration and the subsequent convening of a democratically controlled Congress signals a real opportunity to make progress on legislation to reduce the devastating effects firearms are causing in the United States. Nurses need to seize this opportunity and call upon our nation's leaders to prioritize legislation that would allow the United States to end the epidemic caused by firearms.

Keywords: controversy; ethics/moral courage; professional issues.