By Chris McBride, MD Dear Editor, There are several issues that are extremely hot and heavy at this moment in the USA and one of the hottest seems to be the wish by so many to confiscate firearms from everyone except law enforcement officers. The average number of school children who have died per year … Read more
Last week, we ran a post by Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownerhip’s Victor Chen, MD, on why the right to keep and bear arms is important to the bay area psychiatrist. Here is part two of Dr. Chen’s essay on why the RKBA is important for all Americans. By Victor Chen, MD What we should … Read more
Despite what the AMA, many medical specialty groups, and the media would have you believe, not all physicians are opponents of civilian firearm ownership. That’s the whole idea behind Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership a group of ardent gun rights supporters who also happen to be practitioners of the healing arts. Take, for example, this … Read more
By Arthur Z Przebinda, MD and Robert B. Young, MD In the wake of the Parkland shooting we’ve seen a push to find solutions that would keep firearms out of the hands of dangerous people who might commit atrocities. The majority of the mass killers in recent times appear to have been mentally ill or deeply … Read more
“[Doctors] should not treat firearms and firearms ownership as a direct causative factor of injury or violence. And doctors should definitely not propagandize or badger their patients over their gun ownership. Unfortunately, and predictably, Dr. Wintemute pivots off (the Las Vegas) tragedy to advance his supply-side gun control agenda. This is not only not constructive … Read more
By Robert B. Young, MD The antagonism of medical leaders has infected too many physicians with disregard for the Second Amendment and the value of firearms. More than anything, DRGO’s purpose is to correct that. But addressing these prejudices, once established, is an uphill battle. Just as more, better speech is the best response to … Read more
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