Gun Nuts

[SAS]

Preston Phillips, the doctor targeted and killed in Tulsa, was in my class at Harvard Medical School. He was a kind and big-hearted man. I last talked to him at a class reunion several years ago.

I agree fully with the recommendations of coboardhead.

The American College of Surgeons published these recommendations today:

The ACS outlined a set of recommendations to address the gun violence epidemic. The recommendations were based on a survey sent to surgeons across the U.S., who ACS Trauma Programs Medical Director Eileen Bulger, MD, said are "almost all passionate firearm owners."

The organization recommended measures including robust background checks for all purchases and transfers of firearms; universal registration and the implementation of an electronic database for all registered firearms; and the reassessment of high capacity, magazine-fed semi-automatic guns like AR-15-style rifles to be included in the class III weapons designation, or the creation of a new weapons class to accommodate those guns.

"Whether it's a legislative process or an executive order, we believe that [AR-15-style classification] change should be made, and we would work with any stakeholders," ACS Executive Director Patricia Turner, MD, said at the conference.

"I do not believe that the [recommendations] pose an undue burden on the rights of individual gun owners," ACS Medical Director for Advocacy Patrick Bailey, MD, said. Dr. Bailey is a self-proclaimed gun owner."

https://www.beckersasc.com/asc-news/american-college-of-surgeons-speaks-out-after-2-surgeons-killed-at-mass-shooting-at-asc-building.html

[vientomas]

I am sorry to hear of the loss of your classmate and colleague. I can only hope something positive will result from his senseless death.

[mac]

I would like to remind us all of how extreme the Republican party has become, and how a 5-4 decision, penned by Scalia, has fed extremism and massive profits for the gun industry. I agreed with little that Burger wrote—he was pretty far to the rigfht. But this is what he said about guns:

[isobars]

If this administration gave a crap about the lives of the people in our country, he'd stop the free-for-all illegal alien invasion. Fentanyl kills more people than guns do. But it's all about votes, not lives. Ironically, less than 30% of Hispanics support him.

[coboardhead]

When was the last time a score of grade school kids were killed by someone with a semi automatic fentanyl dispenser?

[coboardhead]

[real-human]

isn't this interesting,, when pedophile was in office after another mass shooting, trump says red flag is to be without due process and no backlash by right wingers...

[coachg]

Classic Iso, no facts so attempt to redirect to fentanyl but then tries to tie the fentanyl epidemic to illegal immigration. Only a brain dead Fox News moron would believe immigrants can carry enough fentanyl across the desert on their backs to cause an epidemic. Really?

As for the second amendment, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”, why do conservatives ignore the term “well regulated Militia”?

Coachg

[boggsman1]

Politics is a sport that requires a lot of Money. The NRA, funded by gun/ammo manufacturers funnels a ton of cash into the campaigns. So, I think you won't see a thing until that cash cow is impacted.

[SAS]