[Ed: We have featured Dr. Margulies’ work before, notably The Unarmed Assailant–A Deadly Threat, as DRGO addresses true public health issues in violence. His expertise on blunt force trauma recognizes a grossly overlooked threat that should easily justify armed self-defense.  In December 2015, he was interviewed by Gila Hayes for Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network’s […]

[Editor:  Dr. Margulies’ shares his thoughts about the whole frustrating experience with ACEP.  He refers to the letter he sent ACEPNow August 2, in response to their invitation for members to contribute to the discussion begun in the ACEPNow debate.]  My letter was written in response to a biased discussion of firearms in the weekly […]

[Editor: DRGO reprinted a letter in August that our Dr. Robert Margulies sent his specialty association newsletter, ACEPNow, after it published a “Pro-Con” debate about gun control. The next month, the ACEP president issued a baldly political statement about “prejudice which has been directed toward those who are black” by police. Two days later, the […]

[Editor’s note: The ACEP recently hosted a Pro-Con Advocacy Debate about gun violence in ACEPNow, its publication of record. In that discussion, Marco Coppola, DO, ably spoke against blaming guns for their misuse as if that were a “public health epidemic”.  Our Dr. Wheeler left a comment reminding readers that Congress banned political advocacy by […]

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.

They’re at it again, so we are too.  “They” are the ‘gun violence is a public health issue’ crowd, who keep propounding theories about how guns should be treated as autonomous risk factors for injury and death.  DRGO will keep setting them straight.  If we weren’t volunteers, we’d thank them for keeping us so busy. […]

A lot of people are of the opinion that everyone should have the right to protect themselves against harm. You might even think a weapon is the best way to protect yourself. Whether that’s with a knife, a gun, or just physical force, no one should be hurt or killed because they aren’t able to […]

A unifying principle of American law governing the defensive use of deadly force is that a victim may use such force when an attacker threatens violence capable of causing death or grave bodily harm.  There is little doubt that it is justified when the robber draws and points a handgun at the victim. But what […]