By Timothy Wheeler, MD Harvard medical researchers just published a scholarly paper in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, claiming that more firearm laws in a state are associated with a lower rate of gun homicides and suicides. However, examination of their data...
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By Dr. Timothy Wheeler, M.D. The years 2011 and 2012 saw a rash of horrible high profile murders whose suspected perpetrators bore the striking common trait of serious mental illness. In all cases—the Aurora, Colorado movie theater mass shootings, the Newtown,...
by Timothy Wheeler, MD Three Democrat members of California’s House of Representatives delegation seem to be taking the lead in pushing for the confirmation of President Obama’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy. The nomination has been mired in...
By Timothy Wheeler, MD TheGunMag's Dave Workman recently uncovered a gun prohibitionists’ playbook prepared last year by Washington, DC public affairs consultants for use in gun control campaigns. One such campaign is a Washington state ballot initiative, I-594,...
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has published what it calls a fact sheet about “gun violence” among youth. DRGO has been informed that the Arizona Association of School Psychologists has submitted this flawed publication to the Arizona...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QfRkR7YNBs By Timothy Wheeler, MD With the expected mainstream media promo, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released the new edition of its firearm policy, “Firearm-Related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population.” The...
From the August 17th edition of the Orlando Sentinel By Timothy Wheeler Guest columnist Why would the Florida Legislature pass a law that prevents doctors from asking patients about guns in their homes? Opponents of the law, now struck down by the U.S. District Court,...
By Dave Workman Senior Editor A new “White Paper” released recently by the Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership (DRGO), a project of the Second Amendment Foundation, says making firearm sound suppressors more available to the public by eliminating government...
By Dr. Timothy Wheeler, MD The predictable flurry of accusatory op-eds, name-calling, and general bad feeling began before the dead were counted in Newtown, Connecticut this week. One of them was the work of Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez. You can always...