(from wikipedia.org) I was very pleased to be asked to speak to the Department of Psychiatry last Friday at Queens Hospital Center. QHC is affiliated with Mt. Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine. It was a unique chance to give the DRGO view in the heart of anti-gun sentiment, New York City, and a welcome opportunity to preach data and reason to a roomful of progressives who had to sit and listen. The invitation came from Dr. Neil Mukerji, a dedicated DRGO member who decided to let his colle...

“Disband your army and return to Rome . . . immediately!” the letter read.  Julius Caesar looked at it, appalled. Rome wanted him to step down from his position of power and disband his standing army.  “Not going to happen,” Caesar thought to himself. “In fact, I’ve got a little surprise for you . . .” (more…)

(from anime.goodfon.com) The idea behind red flag laws—stopping violence with guns before it occurs—is a laudable one. It may even be the case that the pursuit of this goal will help transform the behavioral science of risk assessment for the good of all of society. An apropos analogy may well be anti-missile missile technology. At the time Ronald Reagan pushed for such weaponry, it was dismissed as something so beyond what technology was capable of at the time that it was dubbed the "Sta...

(from amazon.com) No matter what your politics are, you can only intelligently agree or disagree with something if you know what you’re talking about. Weighing in with an uneducated opinion helps no one. And, whether we like it or not, the Second Amendment is at the core of our gun rights. Understanding it is a requirement for developing a knowledgeable view of gun rights and how we may proceed with those rights. The Second Amendment Primer: A Citizen’s Guidebook to the History, Source...

(from thefirearmblog.com) In the debate over “assault weapons”, the model designation AR-15 holds a prominent place.  This model is nearly —but not quite—plug-in compatible with the US military’s M-16. (The AR-15 does not permit automatic fire whereas the M-16 can be selectively fired as an automatic.) (more…)

(from youtube.com) There was a time in the United States when owning a gun wasn’t considered an indicator of what sort of person you were. Owning a gun didn’t mean anything more than owning a wrench did. They’re both tools. And they were regarded as such. Unfortunately, legal gun ownership and use carries much more social and political baggage than it used to. People have formed prejudices against legal gun use that can make guns an uncomfortable topic for gun owners. (more…)

(from thedailybeast.com) [Ed: I wrote the following reply 9/18/19 to an article by Liza Gold, MD, "Gun Violence and Mental Illness: It's Time to Change the Status Quo" (8/29/19). (BTW, Dr. Gold told me she'd heard of us.) Psychiatric News editor, Cathy Brown, referred my response to their executive editor, Jeffrey Borenstein, MD, who has declined DRGO's input in the past and did again, without comment. However, it's always worth responding. Occasionally one gets published, which is a win. If...

(from statathlon.com) Virginians have the opportunity soon to vote for candidates for all of the seats in the General Assembly—both Delegates and State Senators. Millions of dollars are pouring in from out-of-state in a shameless attempt to hijack the election and shift the political orientation of the Commonwealth from red to blue. Second Amendment infringements1 hawked by confiscationists2 are at the top of the list of issues presently. It was in this political frenzy that I had the op...