[Editor’s Note: The following article was published by The Hill and is republished here with permission.] I’m a longtime member of the American Medical Association and of my specialty organization, the American Psychiatric Association.  Without their activism, the medical profession would long ago have been reduced to an over-regulated trade, patient rights would be much less respected, and diagnosis and treatment guidelines would be less well validated. I’m also chronically disappointed i...

[Ed:  Dr. Faria originally published this two part article at Newsmax.com on May 3, 2001.  We felt it well worth reprinting.  The story is 15 years old, but the plot is the same in 2016, only more so, with the AMA's recent decision to increase its gun control advocacy.  Part II will follow.] The AMA is joining the gun prohibition movement in full force. Led by the long-time speaker of the AMA's House of Delegates, now president-elect, organized medicine has joined the gun control movement...

Another “mass shooting” in America! That is what politically correct media and politicians are saying. They don’t want to admit that a terrorist attack is much more than a mass shooting.  They refuse to see that hate based on race, religion, sexual preference or political belief has nothing to do with the weapons used to inflict that hate on innocent people.  They ignore the fact that the policies they propose will not change the worldwide war ISIS is waging on everyone who does not belie...

Being able to say “I told you so” isn’t always a good feeling.  But as authorities begin sorting out the details of the Orlando terrorist attack, some things are obvious. The first point is that we knew this was coming.  While there has been a steady stream of small, Islamist-inspired incidents over the last four decades, the ferocity of the attacks has been increasing, as evidenced by the mass murders at Fort Hood and San Bernardino. (more…)

Here at DRGO we normally don’t pay attention to the Bloomberg-sponsored gun ban propaganda operation known as The Trace. We’ve shown how everything they publish is intended to prejudice readers against guns and gun owners. We’ve exposed their cheap bloody shirt-waving and emotional exploitation of grieving families. (more…)

The concept of allowing those with a concealed carry permit to carry their guns on campus is getting a lot of press lately, mostly because it drives gun-hating academics crazy.  Here’s my take on a few of the many anti-gun shibboleths hurled at the idea of campus carry: There will be shootings over minor disputes and drunken students shooting up the campus:  This is likely a case of anti-gunners projecting their own college behavior onto others.  I smile at this one, because it reminds me...

In Part I of this article, . . . we made some preliminary observations regarding the Harvard School of Public Health study published in the February 2002 issue of the Journal of Trauma. (1) The Violence Policy Center (VPC) has been lauding the study as "the most comprehensive study ever conducted on impact of gun availability." In its press release, the organization further states, "The elevated rate of violent death among children in high gun ownership states cannot be explained by diff...

[Editor’s Note: The following article by our colleague Dr. Miguel Faria is his classic discussion of Statistical Malpractice --- 'Firearm Availability' and Violence (Part I): Politics or Science? as it was originally titled in the Medical Sentinel (2002;7(4):132-133).  It remains a timely reminder of the unending games played by researchers with agendas, and is republished here with the author’s permission.  Part 2 follows on Thursday.] (more…)