I Am A Gun Owner

January 24, 2013

DrVino

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36 COMMENTS

AlphaGeek January 24, 2013 At 12:04

Right on, DrVino. Great to see your picture up there.

Also, 1998 called and they want their CRT monitor back. 🙂
- IndyEric January 24, 2013 At 12:06
  
  Dang, you beat me to it!
- jwm January 24, 2013 At 12:10
  
  Uh-oh. You’re saying that monitor is outdated. Crap, I thought I had a system good enough for a doctor.
  
  Welcome Dr. Vino.
- DrVino January 24, 2013 At 12:22
  
  AlphaGeek When you can get me an LCD display that renders the color tables for my functional brain scans correctly (with the same or better resolution), I’ll gladly make room….
  - Stephen January 24, 2013 At 13:01
    
    Hopefully you have a backup CRT…you may not be able to find one when that one goes.
    - DrVino January 24, 2013 At 13:38
      
      Yeah. I do worry about that, but there are companies that specialize in this. Prices are…. well…. you thought $4K ARs are too much….
  - Bobby January 24, 2013 At 13:02
    
    Bazinga!
  - pc_load_letter January 24, 2013 At 13:33
    
    Look into the new IPS based screens.
    
    PCLL
IndyEric January 24, 2013 At 12:06

Someone buy that guy a new monitor.
- DrVino January 24, 2013 At 12:24
  
  See my comment to AlphaGeek
  I’ve returned so many flat displays that did not deliver color and resolution…..
  If it was your brain scan, would you want me to have the newest and coolest or the stuff that gives me the most accurate info?
  - Pascal January 24, 2013 At 12:28
    
    NEC makes medical displays and also have 10bit color depth displays provided you have the correct video card as well. The display means nothing without the correct video card, driver and display.
    
    Also, your display must be color calibrated to your video card.
    - DrVino January 24, 2013 At 12:31
      
      This is a legacy Unix machine on a Digital Corp box. Have not seen anything do the job better yet.
      
      The “problem” lies in the fact that it’s
      legacy” equipment, but nothing out there can display the images the way I need them better than this.
      
      I like to call my system the Millenium Falcon of medical imaging platforms.
Larry January 24, 2013 At 12:11

Wow. That’s a powerful statement. Thank you Dr. Vino!
- DrVino January 24, 2013 At 12:30
  
  Thanks, Larry
  
  It was either that or: “If I can be trusted to safely administer medical radioisotopes to thousands of people each year, why can’t I be trusted with a semiautomatic rifle”…..
  - Accur81 January 24, 2013 At 13:23
    
    That, sir, is an excellent point.
    - DrVino January 24, 2013 At 13:39
      
      Thanks. I said as much to my anti-semi Rep.
Thomas Paine January 24, 2013 At 12:42

Let me guess. Jordan?

this is fun.
- DrVino January 24, 2013 At 12:43
  
  “COLD”
  - Thomas Paine January 24, 2013 At 12:47
    
    well then, Ussr, maybe Ukraine?
    - DrVino January 24, 2013 At 12:51
      
      Do I look THAT old?
    - Badger 8-3 January 24, 2013 At 13:24
      
      Burma, back in 2007, I think.
Narcoossee January 24, 2013 At 12:42

…And what about Twitter? Any TTAG presence there? Note his hash tag reference…
- DrVino January 24, 2013 At 12:49
  
  Are you trying to “out” me?
  As a physician copping to owning guns, I can handle only one coming out of the closet (er…. gun safe) in a day….
  - Narcoossee January 24, 2013 At 13:03
    
    Doc –
    
    I don’t understand your comment.
    - DrVino January 24, 2013 At 13:41
      
      I was trying to make a funny.
      Having seen what it’s like to hold other, politically incorrect beliefs back in the home country, I try to keep my gun interests on the down-low in professional circles.
      Not that there are no pro-gun docs: http://www.drgo.us/
    - Shankbone January 24, 2013 At 14:23
      
      He’s making a joke, a funny joke about outing himself as a gun-owning physician, which is, unfortunately, an unpopular title in Dr. Vino’s line of work.
Badger 8-3 January 24, 2013 At 13:27

DrVino, thank you. Not only for the services you provide as a physician, but also for your stance in regards to firearms ownership.

Again, thank you.

v/r
Badger 8-3
DrVino January 24, 2013 At 13:42

Thanks to everyone for the kind, welcoming and supportive words.
mchad January 24, 2013 At 13:49

Way to represent the medical community!
BlinkyPete January 24, 2013 At 14:12

This might be the most powerful one I’ve seen so far. Well done.
- Shankbone January 24, 2013 At 14:24
  
  +1
Gerard January 24, 2013 At 15:44

Go Illini!
Ron Jones January 24, 2013 At 18:35

Its been said but OMG you lose 10 cool points for that computer set up.

I almost cant take you seriously after seeing that picture.
- DrVino January 24, 2013 At 19:12
  
  Well, Ron Jones. You’re welcome to have your brain scan read by someone with a cool new monitor.
  Then, when you need an expert opinion, I’ll look at it on my ugly old CRT 😉
okto January 24, 2013 At 18:39

This is the first IAAGO that has moved me. Gunned down for protesting food prices…
Brian in CA January 27, 2013 At 20:40

So Doc, I am late to the comment party, but I thought you should know that there are still Docs that take the 2A seriously even in California. I’ve done Range Safety Officer duty with a great ENT, and my wife’s ENT even trailed a bank robber until the PD could catch up (both in my gun club). Had a Doc shoot at our 4th of July Garand match, even!

I like your juxtaposition of food riots to government tyranny – that is a CONCRETE event, not a “nibbling away of rights” that the anti’s want to paint as merely a more modern view of the social contract.

Regards,
Brian in CA