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As the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals prepares for the latest round in the legal battle over Florida’s Firearm Owners’ Privacy Act (FOPA), one issue is being addressed in depth for the first time. An amicus curiae brief just filed by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear […]
Well before Florida’s Amber Ullman incident in the summer of 2010, gun control activist doctors had been poking and prodding a sore spot. The American Academy of Pediatrics in particular had declared a culture war on gun owners and advanced the battle into exam rooms across America. They were questioning their patients and their parents […]
I was glad to see Professor Eugene Volokh weigh in on Wollschlaeger vs. Governor of Florida, concerning the so-called Docs vs Glocks law in Florida. Curiously, to my knowledge none of our familiar Second Amendment constitutional law experts have discussed it at all before he recently did. Volokh thinks the Court of Appeals erred in upholding […]
Angry and frustrated gun prohibitionists across America seem to be boiling over these days. The social activist Florida doctors who believe their medical degrees give them the right to attack the Second Amendment have just been dealt the latest in a series of humiliating defeats in federal court. With a third decision, the U.S. Court […]
Implementing DRGO’s mission also includes sharing our expertise with policy makers. In this capacity, DRGO weighs in on firearms-related policy process by way of submitting amicus curiae briefs and providing relevant testimony to legislators. This section indexes those briefs and testimonies. Amicus Curiae Briefs: Amicus curiae briefs are legal documents submitted to a court in […]
A practicing psychiatrist, DRGO’s Dr. Robert Young knows the dangers of encountering violent or mentally unbalanced patients or their family members. Psychiatry is one of the medical specialties most at risk for being targeted with a lethal assault. Visit our YouTube channel for all content. Dr. Young speaks with Cam Edwards about an article […]
[Editor’s Note: In November DRGO’s Robert B. Young, MD was invited to attend a meeting in Dallas of the American Medical Association’s Litigation Committee. This AMA management committee assembled to discuss the ongoing litigation aimed at overturning Florida’s Firearm Owners’ Privacy Act (FOPA), also known as the Docs vs. Glocks law. DRGO has been involved […]