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hunter

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88. Lucky for you.

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 06:42 PM

Jul 2016

I can do a walking tour "victims of gun violence" in my neighborhood.

Sad memorials, maintained by friends and family, teddy bears, flowers, crosses and such.

Once upon a time I was a privileged white child in an Ivory Soap 99/44% pure white community. My parents didn't like it, a job, it is what it is, and I fled, my siblings fled, and my parents fled days after they retired.

White Gun Fuckery U.S.A. sucks.

Would you like to hear a story?

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OMFG - turn on Dr Brian Williams right now [View all] malaise Jul 2016 OP

Gunners and NRA have opposed primary care physicians even asking families about guns in house. Hoyt Jul 2016 #1

Everyone at the table here is exposing racism malaise Jul 2016 #3

As you know there was more to that than what you wrote. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #41

The doctor made a valid point to a gun yahoo, maybe saved a life. AND YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT LAW. Hoyt Jul 2016 #46

You need to reread what I wrote and the wapo article more carefully aikoaiko Jul 2016 #59

And my original post said docs can't ask about guns and you came back with some gunner crud. Hoyt Jul 2016 #62

Still the stupid law prevented a greater stupidity and it still allowed docs to provide safety info. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #66

Brochures aren't much help to smokers, much less yahoos addicted to gunz. A doc Hoyt Jul 2016 #70

Yeah I see what you think is necessary. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #91

Can't believe that last picture. The women smiles as her baby touches when she IMO should be Person 2713 Jul 2016 #80

I ask every patient if they have access to weapons gwheezie Jul 2016 #102

Would you deny services if some said I'd rather not answer that question? aikoaiko Jul 2016 #103

Nope gwheezie Jul 2016 #106

Same with parents taking kids to pediatricians. Ilsa Jul 2016 #67

Insurance companies need to ask the same. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #2

They do hack89 Jul 2016 #4

Glaring omission, isn't it? hunter Jul 2016 #38

Mine have never asked about guns, but they sure ask about pools, dogs and wood-burning fireplaces. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #52

They understand the true risk that guns present hack89 Jul 2016 #56

They understand there is not much coverage for bodily injury if you shoot someone. That's main Hoyt Jul 2016 #58

It has more to do with how rare accidents are hack89 Jul 2016 #60

How many gunners are like you -- no loaded guns for home defense, and none in their pants standing Hoyt Jul 2016 #61

The great majority, I would think, based on gun violence statistics. hack89 Jul 2016 #63

You have a strange tolerance for unnecessary deaths by irresponsible gun owners, including those Hoyt Jul 2016 #64

Your fears and prejudices, like most, are irrational. hack89 Jul 2016 #65

If the insured's dog bites a visiting toddler the insurance company has to pay out. hunter Jul 2016 #68

They do pay out for gun accidents but not for criminal acts. hack89 Jul 2016 #69

Dogs and hot tubs are rarely exempt as "criminal acts" yet guns are? hunter Jul 2016 #71

+1,000 malaise Jul 2016 #72

The concept of "criminal acts" is not complicated hack89 Jul 2016 #73

So, what's the overall social cost of gun fuckery? hunter Jul 2016 #74

Now you understand why insurance companies refuse to cover criminal acts hack89 Jul 2016 #76

Gun control? Do I seek to control your guns? hunter Jul 2016 #77

Many controllers fantasize about high insurance premiums as a bar to gun ownership. hack89 Jul 2016 #78

Piss on guns, piss on "insurance" too. hunter Jul 2016 #81

I appreciate your words hack89 Jul 2016 #83

People like me have experienced bloody reality. hunter Jul 2016 #84

I am a combat veteran hack89 Jul 2016 #85

What's the real threat? hunter Jul 2016 #86

Alcohol and drugs are what kill people where I live hack89 Jul 2016 #87

Lucky for you. hunter Jul 2016 #88

No real point hack89 Jul 2016 #89

My gun stories are awesome! What's the matter with you? hunter Jul 2016 #90

So? hack89 Jul 2016 #92

If you were mine I might take your guns. hunter Jul 2016 #95

Ok. Nt hack89 Jul 2016 #96

Are you us? hunter Jul 2016 #97

I am me and me alone. Nt hack89 Jul 2016 #98

That's sad. hunter Jul 2016 #100

What does that mean, "are you us"? Marengo Jul 2016 #105

What do you mean "fear for your guns"? What would you do? Marengo Jul 2016 #104

Absolutely gut-wrenching. His heart is broken. Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #5

I expect to hear more from doctors everywhere malaise Jul 2016 #6

^^^AMEN to this!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #8

This is amazing - all of them are amazing malaise Jul 2016 #11

The contrast with the talking yam's campaign screed just minutes earlier Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #17

I switched from him malaise Jul 2016 #25

It was heartbreaking and very powerful... Spazito Jul 2016 #7

He's speaking again malaise Jul 2016 #9

Why don't doctors and medical schools malaise Jul 2016 #13

Perhaps this group will bring more out to speak publicly. It has to begin somewhere. misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #21

Because unfortunately, a lot of docs are VERY right wing. Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #23

Actually the AMA took a pretty big step in June after Orlando. Hoyt Jul 2016 #26

Thanks for this malaise Jul 2016 #29

The AMA is fairly conservative and late to the game here. But they are a big lobby and can make Hoyt Jul 2016 #31

I think some have tried, the CDC has been almost absent, though, on this issue... Spazito Jul 2016 #32

I want to see how this is covered malaise Jul 2016 #34

I agree... Spazito Jul 2016 #37

CBC is up there with the best malaise Jul 2016 #39

It really is, it has been my mainstay even for US news... Spazito Jul 2016 #44

One of my favorite links malaise Jul 2016 #47

Very cool! Spazito Jul 2016 #82

The CDC is absent on this issue because a few years ago Congress passed a law SheilaT Jul 2016 #43

That's true... Spazito Jul 2016 #45

I'm sure if the CDC or any of its employees or representatives had spoken out, SheilaT Jul 2016 #48

Relative to the subject at hand, the doctors who spoke out today... Spazito Jul 2016 #50

The Medical Schools, Doctors, Nurses and others in the profession should have malaise Jul 2016 #49

Yes, they should have. They should have been speaking out on this issue all along. SheilaT Jul 2016 #53

The most amazing thing at Don the Con's rally today was the cheering when he spoke about the cops malaise Jul 2016 #57

My understanding is the CDC was prevented from gun-control advocacy, not research. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #10

"7 other people ready"... what does that mean exactly? yodermon Jul 2016 #19

So sorry..this was misread on MSNBC news ticker.. misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #22

That was so powerful. pamela Jul 2016 #12

All of them were powerful malaise Jul 2016 #14

The NRA is just the lobbying arm of gun manufacturers Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #15

Exactly. That is all they are. Nothing more. misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #18

HERE: Through the eyes of the NRA profiteers misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #27

Besides gun profiteers, here are a few other NRA board members: Hoyt Jul 2016 #40

This Press conf is amazing. Pretty raw with the truth of who these people are. misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #16

It was amazing malaise Jul 2016 #20

OMG!! MSNBC's Brian Williams is now claiming to be a doctor?? madinmaryland Jul 2016 #24

You win the thread - this one malaise Jul 2016 #28

I swear I read that and thought the same thing.LOL..n/t monmouth4 Jul 2016 #33

Well I did say oh clearly not lyin Williams malaise Jul 2016 #42

K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2016 #30

How amazing was that flamingdem Jul 2016 #35

He was the most forthright at the beginning malaise Jul 2016 #36

If you can watch that and not be affected mountain grammy Jul 2016 #51

So true malaise Jul 2016 #55

KNR Lucinda Jul 2016 #75

Another link malaise Jul 2016 #79

What an unfortunate name. AngryAmish Jul 2016 #93

LOL malaise Jul 2016 #94

No matter his station..every black male has been profiled HipChick Jul 2016 #99

K&R stage left Jul 2016 #101

Saw a report on ABC, Miami this morning malaise Jul 2016 #107