Health care has emerged as the top issue for voters headed into the midterm elections, but fewer than half of them say they are hearing ...
Read More »Sen. Ted Cruz Laughs At The Suggestion of Gun Control
Ted Cruz just laughed. Not an audible laugh, but still a visible chuckle. He was asked Thursday morning by a Fox News anchor about ...
Read More »Doctors to Congress: Stop Blaming Mental Illness and Get Real Gun Reform
In the aftermath of the mass shootings in Las Vegas, Democrats will want to discuss meaningful gun reform while Republicans will say that this is ...
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Guns are owned by nearly one in three Americans. And many of those people are part of a “social gun culture” that includes hunters and ...
Read More »Suicide Among School Children Has Not Improved
Disturbing news regarding elementary school children: Suicide rates have not improved over the past 20 years. We’re talking about kids ages 5-11 years old, who ...
Read More »Is Gun Trafficking A Pediatric Health Issue?
The discussion of physicians and guns often turns to a privacy issue or things more dangerous to children than firearms. The best-selling book Freakonomics famously ...
Read More »How Can Docs Talk To Patients About Guns Without Being Sued?
Most doctors are scared of guns. We’re not referring to the actual use of firearms, but rather the mere discussion of guns. Are physicians allowed ...
Read More »Doctors Want Courts To Reconsider Florida Gun Law
By Brad Broker In their defense of the Second Amendment, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has managed to strip physicians of their First Amendment rights. ...
Read More »Doctor’s View: Keep Your Guns Out Of My Practice
“Physicians who genuinely wish to offer safety information can simply hand out firearms safety and safe storage brochures to all patients.” That was the advice of ...
Read More »More Fallout From Doctors on Florida Gun Law Ruling
Physician groups are speaking out about Friday’s decision by a U.S. Court of Appeals that upholds a Florida law prohibiting doctors from speaking to their ...
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