Posted on 02/15/2018 10:37:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
I am a trauma surgeon, and I've seen what AR-15s can do. There's no reason for civilians to own them.
An assault rifle is designed to deliver fatal wounds to multiple individuals within a short time period; it has no other purpose. The AR-15, the civilian version of the military assault rifle (M16 or M4), has become the most commonly used rifle in US mass shootings; the recent shootings in Parkland and Las Vegas, for instance, testify to the effectiveness of this weapon’s design. It was made for the military, to allow members of the armed forces to better dispatch multiple enemies in short order; in the hands of civilians, it not only clearly serves the same purpose for some individuals, but it’s unclear what other purpose it could serve, given how and why it was made.
Given that, there is no reason that these weapons should be broadly available to the civilian population. But, given that they are, let’s all understand how they are designed to kill people, not simply to shoot targets for fun.
As a trauma surgeon for 40 years (and avid hunter for much longer), I am dismayed that we remain paralyzed over preventive measures. There have already been 18 school shootings in 2018, when one would be too many: This cannot remain a political issue when it is clearly an issue of common sense.
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Hammers brutal to nail heads. Unless there’s no one attached to said hammer. In that case it’s a door stop. As usual, animate the tool and ignore the assclown. Let’s put the AR under arrest and try it. Fidiots.
Mistakes by doctors kill 150,000 - 200,000 people a year in America.
So shut up, Moore. We don’t want to live in a country where your precious government has a monopoly on firearms.
Fix your own profession.
An argument for their use executing the condemned.
have to click thru a bunch to get to the source.
it’s not all that it seems.
Clever use of words.
https://everytownresearch.org/school-shootings/5837/
Quite efficient at its intended purpose: Killing Tyrants.
But you expect a different result with guns because?
...I am dismayed that we remain paralyzed over preventive measures...
OK Doc. Why do we have cameras, security measures, and armed guards at banks and casinos? Why? Could it be that money is more important to protect with security than school kids?
By the way, have you ever treated anyone severely wounded by birdshot at close range? Or, wounded by 00 buckshot? Did you realize that a shotgun loaded with 7 rounds of 00 buckshot can empty 63 .30 caliber pellets in less than 4 seconds. That’s faster than a cycle rate of fire of the average submachinegun.
Let’s put shotguns on your ban list too.
How many healthy babies were aborted in America yesterday?
Spoken like a true tyrant.
NBC CNN ABC will trot out all their liberal talking heads for days to come.
SSDD
Hmm. I thought it is not a particularly powerful gun. I thought wounding is more crippling to an enemy cadre than killing. I thought it is functionally quite like most hunting rifles, except for flexibility and looks. I thought killing deer for meat is a good purpose for such a gun. I thought 2A is about defense of our land (shooting enemies both foreign and domestic), not target shooting, hunting or collecting. I thought doctors are supposed to be smart.
Everything. Just propaganda. Lies about the gun. Lies about 18 school shootings. He’s no more than a hack.
So as an avid hunter
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Hunting Avids.
Does that require a trip to Africa, a Safari, and huge guide and hunting fees?
This guy is worse than that dentist.
Mostly “There’s no reason for civilians to own them.”
Jan. 3, St. Johns, Mich.
The first school shooting took place just three days into the new year, at East Olive Elementary School in St. Johns, Mich.
A 31-year-old man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the former school’s parking lot.
Jan. 4, Seattle, Wash.
A gunshot was fired at the New Start High School in Seattle, Wash.
The round entered an office window and ended up lodged in a three-ring binder. No one was injured.
Jan, 10 Sierra Vista, Ariz.
A teen was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Coronado Elementary School bathroom.
Jan. 10, San Bernardino, Calif.
At least one shot was fired, shattering a California State University classroom window. No injuries were reported.
Jan. 10, Denison, Texas
A bullet was accidentally fired through a classroom wall at the Grayson College Criminal Justice Center. No one was injured.
Jan. 15, Marshall, Texas
A bullet went through a residential hall’s dorm room. No injuries were reported.
Jan. 20, Winston-Salem, N.C.
A Winston-Salem State University football player was shot and killed at an event at Wake Forest University.
Jan. 22, Italy, Texas
A teenage girl was wounded at Italy High school after a 16-year-old suspect opened fire with a semi-automatic hangun.
Jan. 22, Gentilly, La.
A shooting outside The NET Charter High School injured a 14-year-old boy.
Jan. 23, Benton, Ky.
Two people were killed and another 15 were shot at Marshall County High School.
Jan. 25, Mobile, Ala.
Murphy High School student Jonah Neal fired a gun on campus. No one was injured.
Jan. 26, Dearborn, Mich.
Shots were fired from a car in Dearborn High School's parking lot. No injuries were reported.
Jan. 31, Pa.
Gunshots erupted as a fight broke out outside of Lincoln High School. A 32-year-old man was shot twice and later pronounced dead.
Feb. 1, Los Angeles, Calif.
An accidental shooting injured five children at the Salvador B. Castro Middle School in downtown Los Angeles.
Feb. 5, Oxon Hill, Md.
A teen was shot outside of Oxon Hill High School. The victim survived.
Feb. 5, Maplewood, Minn.
A third-grader pulled the trigger on a cop's gun, firing a shot at the Harmony Learning Center. No one was injured.
Feb. 8, New York, N.Y.
A teen was taken into custody after a shot was fired inside Metropolitan High School. No one was injured.
Feb. 14, Broward County, Fla.
A former student killed 17 people at Stoneman Douglas High.
Typical idiot that thinks the 2nd is about duck hunting.
Well, see .. you were wrong.
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