Doctors are problem solvers. Thanks to our training, that's how we approach patients.  And problem solving, done well, requires a thoughtful process.  That applies to social and public policy matters like firearm issues as well. The essential first step when approaching any problem is to define it. Not just in general terms, but as specifically as possible, because the next steps (determining causes, identifying strategies, establishing action plans, implementing solutions, assessing resu...

[Editor's Note: Originally published in Concealed Carry Magazine, July 2016, and is republished here by permission.] With the increase in terrorist activity by ISIS around the globe and the influx of Syrian refugees and ISIS cells into North America, we have to ask ourselves: What will be their targets and how will they attack? (more…)

One of the recurring themes of the American gun control movement has been the need to conceal their eventual goal of making firearms illegal for everyone but the police, the military and the bodyguards who protect the political and economic elite. A recent article at Politico.com, Dems urged to retool their gun message, reports on a meeting last week in which gun control leaders were reminded once again to hide their real aims behind bland, inoffensive, and comforting language.  I’ve been...

In case anybody missed it earlier this month, amidst all the national heartache, finger-pointing, drama, and lies, the American Academy of Pediatrics decided again never to let a tragedy go to waste.Yes, the AAP announced yet another "New Initiative". Go ahead, read the whole thing—I'll wait. As if they hadn't already stepped far enough outside their professional lane in advocating against Second Amendment Civil Rights, now the AAP wants to "Confront Violence in Children's Lives".  And...

I’ve often joked with friends out here in California about the difference between our capital city of Sacramento and Las Vegas. One is full of hustlers, whores, and lowlifes.  The other is located in Nevada.  The few gun owners who have been paying attention to the foaming lynch mob that the California legislature has become know these truths well.  The rest will find out, to their shock and disgust, in due time. Only a handful of California gun owners know the ordeal their pro-gun rights...

It was a peaceful demonstration that day in Dallas, enacting a right recognized in the first amendment to the Constitution.  Then one hateful, violent person shattered that peace.  One person ignored the rights of those demonstrating, police officers, and everyone else involved, to carry out a heinous crime against society. The police officers who were there and quickly responded are heroes.  They are heroes every day no matter what the call, no matter how dangerous the situation.  Those ...

On Independence Day weekend California Governor Jerry Brown, with the stroke of a pen, created several million brand new criminals in the once-Golden State.  Before jumping on a plane for a European vacation, he signed six of the eleven gun control bills sent to him by the one-party lynch mob that California’s legislature has become.  All six laws will go into effect next year. They create new crimes that will be committed simply because of Governor Brown’s signature, not by any actual misde...

[Editor's Note: Dr. Gary Mauser is a preeminent authority on  firearms, firearm legislation and violence.  He offered DRGO his analysis of a "study" claiming that Australia's 1996 gun confiscation law ended "fatal mass shootings" there.  But it didn't.  This complements our April 14 article debunking a meta-analysis from another supposedly reputable source.] The recent article, Association Between Gun Law Reforms and Intentional Firearm Deaths in Australia, 1979-2013, in the Canadian Medi...