Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/should-the-u-s-treat-gunshot-wounds-like-a-disease Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story In a city like Newark, N.J., it’s not uncommon for 25 gunshot victims to come into an E.R. in one night., according to Dr. Sampson Davis. “So you’re looking at millions and millions and millions of dollars spent, by tax-payers, in order to take care of them,” he said. Davis recently sat down with the PBS NewsHour to explain why he thinks the problem needs to be tackled like a disease.