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Fightin’ words: ER doctors vs. NRA in nasty fight over gun violence
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Fightin-words-ER-doctors-vs-NRA-in-nasty-13387403.php
Nov. 13, 2018

Emergency room physicians did not take kindly to being scolded last week by the National Rifle Association to “stay in their lane” and not get involved in the nation’s gun debate.

As of Monday morning, 26,000 doctors, nurses, paramedics, social workers and other health professionals, including some in Houston, signed an open letter to the NRA, penned Friday night and headlined “Gun Violence Is Our Lane.” In addition, the hashtag #ThisISOurLane is spreading around the globe.

“As an emergency physician, I see the injuries and death toll from guns as part of my daily routine,” said Dr. Cedric Dark, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine who also treats patients at Ben Taub Hospital, one of the nation’s busiest Level I trauma centers.

The damage a gun can do to a body haunts him. He remembers one little boy, about the same age as his own son, who was in a car sprayed with gunfire in a drive-by shooting a few years back. The child survived, but a bullet shattered one of his bones.

“He’s just a kid riding in a car. Whenever you see kids shot, especially your own kid’s age, it really makes you angry. There’s absolutely nothing you can do as a toddler to deserve that,” he said....
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Re: Fightin’ words: ER doctors vs. NRA in nasty fight over gun violence
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2018, 04:38:41 pm »
Typical. Blame the tool instead of the culture that produces people who do drive-by shootings at cars with kids in them.
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Re: Fightin’ words: ER doctors vs. NRA in nasty fight over gun violence
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2018, 04:47:32 pm »
Posting bloody pictures on social media, even if not pictures of gunshot victims, seems to violate some ethical standard.

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Re: Fightin’ words: ER doctors vs. NRA in nasty fight over gun violence
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2018, 01:50:57 am »
You know I can't remember the last time I was in a gun store to get medical help... :smokin:
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Re: Fightin’ words: ER doctors vs. NRA in nasty fight over gun violence
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2018, 01:55:04 am »
I await their missives against homosexual behavior on the basis of the known correlations with undesirable health outcomes.
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Re: Fightin’ words: ER doctors vs. NRA in nasty fight over gun violence
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2018, 10:24:59 pm »
Considering how many people Their incompetence kills, they've got a hell'uv a lot of house keeping to do in their own home before pointing fingers at anyone else.



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Re: Fightin’ words: ER doctors vs. NRA in nasty fight over gun violence
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2018, 12:18:04 am »
The thing that is always missing in these arguments is how many times forearms are used to protect people and save lives every year - A stunning number that shuts up all debate.

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Re: Fightin’ words: ER doctors vs. NRA in nasty fight over gun violence
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2018, 02:32:23 pm »
This title makes no sense at all.

Show me just ONE violent gun.
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