A message from DRGO: Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., Ph.D. is the indispensable man of pro-Second Amendment research. For nearly 30 years, his primary work has been detailed, comprehensive work documenting the value of legal firearm ownership and use in the United States.
[Editor’s note: This is the third of four presentations DRGO leadership gave at this weekend’s 31st annual Gun Rights Policy Conference hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation in Tampa. See the video, beginning at 9:25:58.] Nearly a quarter century ago, a young surgeon (well, young by physician standards) discovered that firearm ownership was becoming vilified […]
[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 […]
Just this week we received the raw data, scanned files of the transcript of our testimony. Recently I’ve written a lot about when an internal medicine specialist, a neurosurgeon, and I testified before the House Appropriations Committee recommending that Congress refuse to pay for gun control-motivated junk science. We had all independently become aware of […]
[Editor’s note: a version of this article appeared in America’s 1st Freedom.] We can all feel it. With mass shootings dominating the headlines, and especially since the Sandy Hook school mass shooting three years ago, the pressure to blame gun owners is mounting. Everywhere we look we see the familiar gun grabbers calling for more […]
[Editor’s Note: The following article from Dr. Miguel Faria was recently published at haciendapub.com and is republished here with the author’s permission.] An interesting conversation with a European neurosurgical colleague, who decries the “gun culture” of America, took place that may be of interest to readers of GOPUSA. The dialogue began with a difference of opinion on […]
[Editor’s Note: The following article from Dr. Miguel Faria, published in January, 2013 by Surgical Neurology International, is available at haciendapub.com and is republished here with the author’s permission.] The debate on the role of firearms in society has returned with a fury in the United States and the world with the latest shooting rampage […]
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 […]