Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) and other leaders of the Committee on Trauma provided an update on firearm injury prevention efforts at the American College of Surgeons' (ACS) annual Clinical Congress in Boston, Massachusetts. The ACS considers firearm injuries a public health issue and since 2018, when firearm deaths — including both suicides and homicides — exceeded motor vehicle deaths as the leading cause of injury-related death in the U.S., the ACS has expanded efforts to address the problem, calling for increased firearm injury research funding and supporting legislative efforts that promote firearm safety.