Posted on 03/12/2015 6:01:13 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
most of the acetaminophen/tylenol overdoses are suicide attempts...and a few are drunks who take six or seven for a hangover. And some cases of hepatic failure is blamed on tylenol just because the patient took it.
We once had three patients who had severe hepatitis within a week, all of whom had been in a local celebration. I begged the state public health department to check other hospitals for similar cases and check if there had been a toxic event but got nowhere because they had all taken tylenol, and that was blamed.
What about cars? They are pretty dangerous and scary too.
“the number of injuries caused by guns”
His improper use of language gives the game away. Injuries are not “caused by guns”. Injuries are inflicted with guns.
There is a world of difference. The “by guns” language implies volition and motivation to guns.
It shows a basic misunderstanding of reality.
Agree fully.
Liberals will BS you with how “evolved” government is now. People are genetically no different than the ones who followed Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. And the “progressives” kindly continue to give us ample warning on how jack-booted they are when given the slightest advantage, opportunity or reigns of power.
Liberals write lots of crap...
The scariest threats to our LIBERTY we have today comes from LIBERALS.
Egad. I swear I hate this line of reasoning the most. Nowhere does the 2nd Amendment say anything about type of platform or acceptable uses of "arms".
And why can't a lever action Marlin or Mossberg in 30-30 be considered an "assault-type weapon"?
I swear, when the chips are down after the SHTF, my 30-30 lever action will be doing plenty of assaulting when the situation requires it.
Effing morons.
No, Obamacare is a health crisis.
Correction:
"but they'll then be “safe” won’t they?"
In a 2010 publication by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General entitled “ADVERSE EVENTS IN HOSPITALS: NATIONAL INCIDENCE AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES” [OEI-06-09-00090] we read the following:
“The term “adverse event” describes harm to a patient as a result of medical care … An estimated 13.5 percent of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries experienced adverse events during their hospital stays.” (Executive Summary, page i)
“An estimated 1.5 percent of Medicare beneficiaries experienced an event that contributed to their deaths, which projects to 15,000 patients in a single month.” (Executive Summary, page ii)
Thus the U.S. government estimates that annually somewhere in the vicinity of 180,000 people on Medicare who entered a hospital for medical treatment died “… as a result of medical care … . ” Obviously there are many more who suffer such ‘adverse effects’ from medical ‘care’ who are not on Medicare.
My point is this, maybe these pompous medical ‘professionals’ should spend time cleaning up their own practices before attempting to point out perceived faults elsewhere.
I can go along with the second part of #4, but the rest is bovine excrement.
You are exactly correct. When the disarmists found that the criminological research was against them, they decided to "medicalize" the issue. Here is a good history of what they have done.
The MSM, the Left, and Obama’s obsession over controlling people’s access to guns is a mental health issue.
You’ve hit the nail on the veritable head – this is all about control of your right of self defense but it is worse than that….
This about control of your PRIVATE Property – for once they can say what you can and cannot do with a firearm, what’s to stop them from doing the same with other items of your PRIVATE Property?
They’re concern of ‘Climate change’ will soon see them controlling anything that emits carbon dioxide – you car, lawn mower, tractor.
Want to sell it to you neighbor? .... well hold on cowpoke – you’ll need to run an Intergalactic Background check on that to see if meets emission requirements.. and if it doesn’t, you can sell it, etc.
Would anyone put it past them to try that?
An American Doctor schooled in history would know the single largest killer of children with guns is a government that does not fear the population fighting back. If they actually cared about saving “even one child” they would have Public Safety Announcements, pamphlets, etc, teaching firearm safe handling etc. provided for free without a record anyplace of who reads/watches them.
Dad taught us firearm safety from the earliest of my memories. Biggest impression was when I was about 7 and he took me out in the back yard, set up a gallon jug full of water, and shot it with a 12ga from about 15 yds.
Best gun safety tip, training or whatever for kids under 10 is DO NOT TOUCH!!!! or you will get your ass handed to you. Telling them you will get a “time out” just doesn’t quite have the same impact.
You are right. I should have chosen another example rather than acetaminophen to make my point. But in a way, your response proves my point in a different way. Thanks.
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