Fighting Anti-Gun Bias in the Medical Literature—Part 2

Last month we announced the first part of Dr. Miguel Faria’s excellent editorial in Surgical Neurology International, “America, Guns, and Freedom”. In this issue is Part 2, describing international events around the eternal struggle for the right of armed self-defense.

Dr. Faria, a retired neurosurgeon and medical historian, occupies a niche where academic medicine intersects with the political battle for the right of self-defense. The logic of that connection is clear, since both disciplines aim to save lives and prevent injuries.