"How dare you": Surgeons respond to NRA's complaint about "self-important doctors"

[babylonsister]

"How dare you”: Surgeons respond to NRA’s complaint about "self-important doctors"
By Rex Santus Nov 9, 2018


Talk about bad timing. The day before yet another mass shooting killed 12 at a bar in California, the NRA tweeted out a rebuke of doctors who treat gun violence. And those doctors are pissed.

Surgeons sometimes conduct research on the effects of gun violence, and the NRA was upset they don’t consult outside groups, like perhaps the NRA, before publishing.

“Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane. Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control,” the NRA tweeted. “Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves.”

After the shooting, surgeons who operate on people wounded by guns promptly chimed in to let the NRA know just who exactly needed to stay in their lane.

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https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/nepv9k/how-dare-you-surgeons-respond-to-nras-complaint-about-self-important-doctors?utm_medium=vicenewsfacebook&fbclid=IwAR0WUY0gfYOTr6GgOOczcPmf1hp7AIfHWXX8kcBVo4iQ_8CJK9n-0SzjcVM

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Why would the physicians lack of "consultation" be so upsetting to the NRA?

What are they “upset” about?

Just seems a very odd, but important (to them) statement.

[agingdem]

2. so they can deflect blame

blame the parents who sent their children to school not the animal who walked into an elementary school with a legally obtained AK 47...blame the kids who went to a country music venue not the deranged sniper sitting in a hotel room with multiple rifles, bump stock, ammo... never the NRA

[WhiteTara]

3. NRA wanted to set the narrative, not let the doctors.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. So, the physicians were supposed to consult the NRA before making a statement?

I’m not sure that I understand why, exactly; but, I can see the reasoning. Like, if the physicians “consulted” the NRA prior to the statement, the NRA could tailor a response more quickly.

It just seems odd, to me, that they would be so “upset”, that they would put that part in their tweet. Twitter doesn’t allow much room for pontification, so why would they deem that consulting statement important enough to use up their precious character space?

I will never understand that organization.

[WhiteTara]

5. I think it was to set the narrative,

not so that they could counter. They won't let CDC study the reasons for gun violence either.

[agingdem]

6. I don't want to understand that organization..

no more than I want to understand the zombies who beatify Trump...

[lastlib]

15. I don't want to understand them. I only want to destroy them. eom

I only want to STOP the bloodshed and the carnage.

[Takket]

26. The NRA is a terrorist organization

They oppose any idea or person that stands between Americans and our streets being a 100% armed bloodbath. More terror, more sales, more shooting, lather rinse repeat.

[libdem4life]

7. More Murderous Trump Toadies...alive and Unlike Us is bad...shot and killed...good.

The rest are the Democrat's fault...specifically HRC.

Every gun humper and the Congressional Violence Caucus (i.e. bipartisan, all guns, all the time) should have to watch at least 2 hours of the results of their AR Madness. I'll give 'em huntin' guns...even that offends me. As they say,i t's not a sport if only one party knows the rules. But that is too civilized for most of these cretins to understand.

Put differently, if it takes an AR-15 to hunt, go to a shooting range and practice. If you're hungry and can't afford food, go to a food bank.

[bluecollar2]

8. Fuck the "nra"

Do they consult with doctors before taking a position on guns, ammunition or guns in the hands of psychologically disturbed or mentally incompetent individuals?

I'm in favor of preserving rights granted under the Constitution but with rights come responsibilities.

[mucifer]

9. The last election does not bode well for the nra

[ck4829]

24. +1

[McCamy Taylor]

10. ROFLMAO!

[SCVDem]

11. The Russian funded NRA!

They know how to divide us.

NO MORE!

[ck4829]

23. It's more than division, it's dehumanization

A human life should matter more than a gun. Always. Every time. This is human decency 101. We've reached a point where I honestly think we have a segment of our population that says "Hmm, maybe not"

[okwmember]

12. Docs open letter response

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvoihymid_4yqJoZvPr9JToMmVWauKqOvqGF9IVzPLVdusRA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2UavXw6i0RXWzymg8_Anl4Bj_BMYEmc3K0OFjtNM0vVTwPxd818eqlClM

[lastlib]

16. Bookmarked!

That is a POWERFUL letter!

I'd send it to my Congress-critter, but she's a worthless Tea-Partyer who can barely read, let alone comprehend.

[Goldenlight]

13. Bullets

Here is a thought/ question....What kills people? Hmmm....guns! Nope, bullets do. I believe banning the production, sale, and distribution of bullets would certainly curtail this abomination.

[malaise]

14. Where is the response from the lackeys at the AMA? n/t

[OxQQme]

17. "We are not anti-gun. We are anti-bullet hole. Let's work together."

"Join us, or move over! This is our lane."

[elmac]

18. interesting

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=6j39xi" target="_blank"><img src="" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

[keithbvadu2]

19. Self-important?

The NRA used to be for sportsmen, hunters and gun safety.

Now it has become an industry owned shill for the sale of more guns and the enrichment of its leaders.

[Marcuse]

20. NRA Consultant

?w=990

[colsohlibgal]

21. The NRA Has Blood All Over Their Hands

They began as a mature publication aimed at hunters. Then they changed into an organization shamelessly pushing gun sales and ignoring the increasing carnage.

They disgust me and the sooner they go away the better.

[ck4829]

25. +1

[ck4829]

22. K&R