(from shutterstock.com) [Ed: This came from SCOPE-NY and seems well worth sharing again for Thanksgiving. As it is by an anonymous author, the liberty of a few minor edits were taken for publication here.] We won the lottery when we were born in the United States of America.  We enjoy freedoms and rights and opportunities that no one else in history has enjoyed. It’s more than appropriate that Americans take a day to say thanks for that win. The Bible talks about birthrights an...

[Ed: This is an interesting review by Dr. Gift of an interesting interview with a usually anti-gun professor, who seems to be taking a somewhat different and more rational perspective on causes of crime, though he is still somewhat pat and ambiguous.] A recent issue of the University of Chicago Magazine includes an interview with Jens Ludvig, author of Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence. While he seems too tied to the term “gun violence”, he feels tha...

[Ed: Sandra Richardson, RN, recently retired from the NYS Department of Health, put her data analysis expertise to work examining the consequences of required reporting of potential danger by all NYS mental health providers. It is not good. This is a VERY important paper, peer reviewed and published in a mainstream public health journal. We highly recommend reading the full article. Ms. Richardson's comments follow.] This 2025 research paper summarizes an anonymous survey among gun owner...

[Ed: At the Second Amendment Foundation's Gun Rights Policy Conference September 27, Associate Director and ENT surgeon Hayes Wanamaker spoke to the importance of suppressors as a medical device to protect hearing for shooters and bystanders. He and DRGO founder Tim Wheeler (also an ENT surgeon) spearheaded their recent endorsement by the American Association of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgeons. The speech can be seen in its entirely at the DRGO YouTube channel here, with his sl...

(from newsweek.com) Yesterday afternoon was stunning for anyone who respected Charlie Kirk’s conservative activism and intellect. Having this happen on the eve of 9/11 is piling on. Conservativism on campus was moribund until he took up his mission to restore it, with strong chapters of his group Turning Point USA at over 850 colleges in the United States. His interviews, debates and podcasts all showed his quick, grounded take on conservative values and why they have more legs than most...

(from NRA.org) [DRGO's founding director, Tim Wheeler, MD, wrote this for NRA's America's 1st Freedom magazine, first posted February 20 but also in the most recent print issue.] Academic medical organizations have traditionally resisted the decades-long loosening of American gun-control laws. Since at least the 1980s, they have been uniformly hostile to the very idea of gun ownership. They take this position despite the fact that this freedom is enshrined in our history and in the U.S. C...