215.000 NUCLEAR WAR, WEAPONS AND TERRORISM

(See also Public Health & Safety, 260.000; Volunteer Services of Physicians, 317.000)

215.996         “Safe Haven” for Illegal Gun Surrender:

MSSNY will actively promote through newsletters and the MSSNY web site awareness of “safe havens” for weapons at local police departments whereby illegal firearms and all ammunition can be surrendered without question and without fear of arrest and prosecution. (HOD 2011-117; Reaffirmed HOD 2022)

215.997           Better Hospital Cooperation During Disasters: SUNSET HOD 2013

215.998           Arms Reduction:

MSSNY supports the process of bilateral and verifiable nuclear arms reduction. (HOD 1986-38; Modified and Reaffirmed HOD 2013; reaffirmed HOD 2023)

215.999           Nuclear War and Weapons, MSSNYs Position on:

It is the position of MSSNY that no adequate medical response to nuclear war is possible, and the ultimate decision regarding a response to the implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war is up to each individual physician’s conscience.  (Council 5/19/83; Reaffirmed HOD 2013; reaffirmed HOD 2023)