[IronJack]

Here we go again ... About every five years or so, the "Docs" weigh in on gun control and attempt to turn it into a public health "crisis." We're all supposed to genuflect at the gravity of their pronouncements -- they're DOCTORS after all! -- and hand over yet another liberty for the sake of the common good.

Bull splatter! Stick to medicine, Doc, and leave public policy to The People.

[marktwain]

Here we go again ... About every five years or so, the "Docs" weigh in on gun control and attempt to turn it into a public health "crisis." We're all supposed to genuflect at the gravity of their pronouncements -- they're DOCTORS after all! -- and hand over yet another liberty for the sake of the common good. Bull splatter! Stick to medicine, Doc, and leave public policy to The People.

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.

Part I and Part II