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Training Doctors To Ask About Guns In The Home

Medical students are taught to ask their patients about relationship safety, wearing a seat belt and drug and alcohol use. But they’re not required to ask aboutaccess to guns. A nonprofit group called SAFE has a mission to make firearms-injury prevention part of the medical school curriculum. Lisa Hagen (@TwitrHagen) of WABE reports as part of the “Guns & America” series.

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