A message from DRGO: Our biweekly Update unfortunately became monthly this time. But that gives us so much more to appreciate and to report, which you'll find detailed below. The biggest news represents a remarkable watershed in mainstream medical research. For the first time, a major journal (of the American College of Surgeons) has accepted an article that finds that reflects reality: concealed carry, of any degree of freedom, does NOT correlate to changes in the rate of vi...

News: Activity has slowed down a little lately, but DRGO and the rest of the Second Amendment community are now ramping up for the 33rd annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, this year in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel. Yes, we're bringing the word to one of the least firearm friendly cities in America--but they need us more than we need them. It is sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens' Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and will go ...

News: Greetings again from DRGO!We enjoy providing you with these summaries of our activity and thoughts on the variety of matters we address. Please feel free to call on us for commentary on any Second Amendment matter on which medical expertise may bear.Don't forget the Second Amendment Foundation's annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Chicago September 21, 22 & 23. Register (free!) here, get yourself there and you're in. We'll be there! And please keep passing the word about...

July 30, 2018 Media Update from Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership News: Miracle of miracles, another update just 2 weeks later! We are coming toward our yearly visit to the Gun Rights Policy Conference, this September 21st through 23rd. The Second Amendment Foundation covers all the costs which, along with its continuing successful ...

Because firearms are not a public health issue July 13, 2018 Media Update from Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership News: Here is our next update about DRGO activity during the past 4 weeks. (more…)

A message from DRGO: In response to a recent article, a member raised a central question about how DRGO can spread awareness about the dishonesty and irrationality that pervades anti-gun messaging by academics and the media: (more…)

A message from DRGO: The article describing the theft of California tax dollars to fund anti-gun "research" by Garen Wintemute, MD and his program is of more than local interest. Such bills are now coming up in New York and New Jersey, and are likely to arise in other pro-gun control state houses.Please stay alert to this wherever you live, and fight back!  Some resources useful in this fight are found here: The History of Public Health Gun Control The Centers for Disease Contro...