BOSTON, April 30, 2015—Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley will join the nation’s largest medical specialty organization tomorrow in support of reasonable policies to mitigate the rate of firearm-related injuries and deaths in the United States.

Conley, a leader in law enforcement’s response to gun-related violence, will speak from a prosecutor’s perspective as the American College of Physicians and more than two dozen other medical, legal, and advocacy groups endorse the policy recommendations, which were published in Annals of Internal Medicine earlier this year.

The policies include requiring background checks for all firearm purchases; restricting access to assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in the civilian market; increasing access to mental health services; and providing proper funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Justice, and other agencies to study the effects of gun violence and unintentional injury on public health.

“These are sensible strategies to support public health and public safety,” Conley said.

The policies are also supported by the American Bar Association, American Psychological Association, Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Children’s Defense Fund, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Urban League, Sandy Hook Promise, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, Violence Policy Center, and many others.

Conley is the chief law enforcement official for Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop, Massachusetts. He is president of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association, a board member and past vice president of the National District Attorneys Association, and a member of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, a nonpartisan coalition of major city prosecutors from every region of the United States.

Tomorrow’s media briefing will be held in Room 161 of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, located at 415 Summer St. in Boston’s Seaport District, from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

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