Ernest E. “Gene” Moore, M.D. has been the Editor of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery since 2012, and was the Chief of Trauma at the Denver General Hospital for 36 years.
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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Ernest E. “Gene” Moore, M.D. has been the Editor of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery since 2012, and was the Chief of Trauma at the Denver General Hospital for 36 years.
“I’m not a gun expert, I just play one on TV.”
Well then any sports car that goes faster than the speed limit must be banned as well
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So as an avid hunter does he know the damage a .30-.30 will do or a .30-.06? “Imma doctor”. What a tool!
Cool.
And the school was designed to protect as inefficiently as possible.
I wonder which one needs to be fixed.
Its just a rifle.
I’ve always said its not the gun, its the values of the person holding the gun we need to be concerned about.
Dr. Moore is an idiot.
What did he say that you disagree with?
” shall not be infringed “.
Physician, heal (heel) thyself! Too many doctors give out too many prescription anti-depressants which leads to too many suicides and too many sick people who carry out too many mass shootings.
I believe Michael Savage agrees with this.
Perfect!
Perhaps this: “There’s no reason for civilians to own them.”
We do have a pesky constitutional right. And a God-given right to defend ourselves.
Same old tropes and memes while standing on dead bodies.
How many died and were injured in car wrecks that day?
Here's a list. It includes accidents and suicides.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/school-shootings-year-article-1.3821162
we need more inefficient guns then.
100% of the 18 schools were gun-free zones. Good guys who follow the rules honor (for the most part) the gun-free zones. Many people I know who are CC will purposely CC in gun-free zones because 100% of the gun free zones are east pickings for sick, demented, evil idiots who know they will have free access to their prey. Common sense? OK. Let the good guys do what good guys do!
Fortunately, the Founding Fathers didn't
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