(from thereloadersnetwork.com) Shooting a firearm can raise a lot of emotions, especially for people who have never fired a gun before. A few may experience anxiety, fear, even burst into tears. Anticipation, and maybe some healthy wariness, are more typical reactions. Most don’t have problems; wanting to learn usually makes it exciting. What follows is usually a healthy rush of adrenaline and a good day. After you flip the safety on and pack up, a sense of relaxation usually follows on t...

(from ruggedsuppressors.com) [Ed: A slightly different version of this piece was just published in SCOPE-NY's March-April 2021 Firing Line newsletter. DRGO strongly favors the hearing health benefits of using suppressors on firearms. The points discussed describe our position on laws everywhere that affect suppressor availability to shooters.] Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership has been working for more than a quarter century to correct the biased positions of much of organized medic...

(from greenbookblog.org) A recent editorial by Branas and associates appeared in JAMA Psychiatry: “Beyond Gun Laws—Innovative Interventions to Reduce Gun Violence in the United States”. They give a bit of a positive message—interpersonal interventions to reduce violence can be helpful. The authors cite a review from the sociology literature finding that starting small, local organizations focused on community improvement led to crime reduction. More specifically, they found a significant ...

I write this on the occasion of the 47th Vice President’s1 Executive Order regarding “gun” “control”2.  I anticipate that my readers would expect me to excoriate him and his ilk and denounce them as tyrannical, ill-informed, and a threat to our nation’s foundational principles.  All of these points are true, but they aren’t going to be the focus of this piece. The current “administration” will surely pass, but the diseased thinking that underlies its plotting will persist absent strong medi...

(from blog.dataiku.com) [Ed: The articles we post represent the authors' opinions, not DRGO positions. Here are MarkPA's thoughts about how data could be obtained and should be used to substantiate policies and laws affecting gun ownership and Second Amendment rights.] With all the numerous gun control laws and further proposals, it strikes me that there is no clear target, except guns. If epidemiologists want to characterize “gun violence” as an epidemic, then why are they not trying t...

(from AP, via BearingArms.com) Ed: This is reposted from BearingArms.com with permission, where it originally appeared April 6. DRGO sees suicides as the greatest issue in "gun violence". This shows that, just like homicides, their incidence does NOT correlate with the prevalence of gun ownership.] Over the last couple of years, there’s been a concerted push by anti-gunners to argue that suicides really should be included in firearm fatalities because gun control would prevent those from...

(from carthrottle.com) [Ed: And now for something not completely different. Going armed is fundamentally simply being prepared for dangerous emergencies; so is being equipped to fight fires. I've put out a couple of auto fires, and our author has stopped three or four. This is a more common hazard than most think, and deserves attention by all guardians and sheepdogs. Pictured is a McLaren -- man, that hurts!] Disclaimer:  I am not an auto mechanic, but ha...

(from ammoland.com) [Ed: DRGO friend Dean Weingarten is one of the premier reporters of important, original Second Amendment news. This piece, first published at Ammoland March 12, presents a much deeper analysis of today's underlying currents. Different (and longer than usual) for DRGO, Ammoland and Weingarten, but well worth reading. Modestly edited for DRGO.] To those who support the United States Constitution and the Second Amendment, many propositions put forward by the ruling clas...