Doctors are hitting back at NRA on twitter

[iluvtennis]

@scrubbedin
.@NRA says docs should “stay in [our] lane.

My lane is a pregnant woman shot in a moment of rage by her partner. She survived because the baby stopped the bullet. Have you ever had to deliver a shattered baby?

#ThisisMyLane . What’s yours? #Docs4GunSense

Link to tweet

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Keep telling the real stories of how ppl are killed and maimed by all of the guns. time for sensible gun control.

[iluvtennis]

1. My lane:a resident, watching my mentor try to save a 6 year old accidentally shot by his brother

@scrubbedin
.@NRA says docs should “stay in [our] lane.

My lane: a resident, watching my mentor desperately try to save a 6 year old accidentally shot by his brother. When he knew it over, he stopped, held the boys hand and wept at the OR table as he died.

#ThisisMyLane What's yours?

Link to tweet

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. war stories are horror stories

We have too many war stories because of a lack of common sense gun control.

33,000 annual gun deaths in America

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/gun-deaths/


The 3 worst years in Vietnam for American fatal casualties:
1967 11,363
1968 16,899
1969 11,780

Total for those 3 years: 40,042

https://www.archives.gov/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-statistics

[yardwork]

2. This is what it takes.

[iluvtennis]

3. Yes, make the tragedies of guns real to ppl. Now guns are discussed in the abstract.

[area51]

4. Kick for the afternoon crew. n/t

[montana_hazeleyes]

6. K&R