tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post6897929686837577166..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Hey Doc - shut up and sing diagnose!Borepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-10484787563578983842011-11-12T23:10:23.285-05:002011-11-12T23:10:23.285-05:00@Anonymous,
Doc, I'd use you as my doctor any...@Anonymous,<br /><br />Doc, I'd use you as my doctor anytime! Of course, this is all too sensible for the AMA.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-6801818788100801732011-11-12T23:07:31.550-05:002011-11-12T23:07:31.550-05:00I talk with my patients about them all the time.
...I talk with my patients about them all the time.<br /><br />We discuss proper firearm education for young people, proper calibers for deer, favorite loads, semiauto vs revolver, bolt vs semi auto, lever vs bolt. <br /><br />I explain that the best firearm education takes place at home, and is controlled by the parents, just like the best sex education, the best drug education, and the best preparation for life. <br /><br />All of those should take place in the home, not in the institutionalized indoctrination rooms we call public schools!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-45687666475773169562011-11-12T09:31:20.380-05:002011-11-12T09:31:20.380-05:00Interesting that doctors shouldn't talk about ...Interesting that doctors shouldn't talk about guns. I had a firearm discussion with a patient recently. He was wearing a Glock armorers hat. I said I was an M&P man, myself. Funny thing, we got along.Matt L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-62474818733419923022011-11-11T17:54:33.884-05:002011-11-11T17:54:33.884-05:00Bob, yes I am. ;-)Bob, yes I am. ;-)Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-69812252870790651272011-11-11T17:15:32.659-05:002011-11-11T17:15:32.659-05:00Brigid beat me to it... Sigh...Brigid beat me to it... Sigh...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-4356784771846162542011-11-11T15:38:29.185-05:002011-11-11T15:38:29.185-05:00"43 times more likely to be used to kill a fr..."43 times more likely to be used to kill a friend or family member", but those 50 million blobs of undifferentiated tissue mass are only children if you didn't kill them.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436307862970155155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-9610240816323145872011-11-11T15:15:08.203-05:002011-11-11T15:15:08.203-05:00From USA Carry:
Doctors vs. Gun Owners
Doctors
(...From USA Carry:<br /><br />Doctors vs. Gun Owners<br /><br />Doctors<br />(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.<br />(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are:<br />120,000.<br />(C) Accidental deaths per physician is:<br />0.171.<br /><br />Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.<br /><br />Now think about this:<br />Guns<br />(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000.<br />(Yes, that's 80 million)<br />(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is:<br />1,500.<br />(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is:<br />.000188.<br /><br />Statistics courtesy of FBI<br />So, statistically, doctors are approximately<br />9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.<br />Remember, 'Guns don't kill people, doctors do.'<br />FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT<br />almost everyone has at least one doctor.<br /><br />:-)Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-81473036214896950972011-11-11T14:27:14.551-05:002011-11-11T14:27:14.551-05:00Do doctors have a legitimate medical reason to dis...Do doctors have a legitimate medical reason to discuss firearms with their patients?<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />Is it extremely limited in scope?<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />Some conditions that can be exacerbated by repeated long exposure to lead and/or unburned powder from range visits is a legitimate (though highly uncommon) concern. Otherwise, it'd be like a doctor telling you not to drive because of the risk of an automobile accident.<br /><br />My doctor, and most that I know personally are not and never have been members of the AMA or any similar organization. They're too disgusted with the politics of an organization that should be focused on medical issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-73037387082852609472011-11-11T10:52:26.187-05:002011-11-11T10:52:26.187-05:00"But the conversation will probably never hap..."But the conversation will probably never happen. It's Atlanta, not Boston, and so it means we're more likely to discuss which caliber is better."<br /><br />Damn, Ted, you're assimilating pretty quickly. *grins*Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.com