Roche, Mary M Doyle2020-12-012020-12-012020http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/3981525Gun violence and its trauma have reached epidemic proportions. The trauma of gun violence is both acute and chronic. The term epidemic in this instance is both a public health appraisal of the impact of gun violence as well as a metaphor that might spark the civic imagination toward a more effective response. The metaphor also invites healthcare ethics and healing practices to contribute to communal response. As a public health issue, the epidemic of gun violence must also be addressed at a structural level and in systemic ways.engAll rights reservedLutheran ethicsgun violencetraumaComparative religious ethicsSpecific religion, ChristianityChristian denominationsLutheranArticle