The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has published what it calls a fact sheet about “gun violence” among youth. DRGO has been informed that the Arizona Association of School Psychologists has submitted this flawed publication to the Arizona legislature in support of enacting firearm policy. DRGO’s Advisory Board member Glen Otero, PhD has analyzed the claims made in the NASP fact sheet and has determined that it’s full of the half-truths and deliberate omissions that the p...
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Kids and Antigun Hype
Like many people, doctors work to keep up with the torrent of new information in their field. One time-tested learning resource for doctors is the medical journal. In addition to general medical journals that cover a wide spectrum of new medical knowledge, most doctors regularly read at least one journal dealing only with their own specialty.
The American Academy of Pediatrics journal Pediatrics is the go-to learning resource for busy pediatricians. They depend on it to help them meet the cha...
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Gun Control Playbook—If the Facts Aren’t On Your Side, Wave a Bloody Shirt
By Timothy Wheeler, MD
Dave Workman over at TheGunMag.com recently uncovered a gun prohibitionists’ playbook prepared last year by Washington, DC public affairs consultants for use in gun control campaigns. One such campaign is a Washington state ballot initiative, I-594, pushed by the gun control group Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility. The story got national buzz last week, with coverage in The Examiner, The Washington Examiner and the Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto column.
The...
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The Race-Neutral Right to Keep and Bear Arms
By Timothy Wheeler, MD
With all the ill-will, misunderstanding, and downright meanness swirling around the outcome of the George Zimmerman trial I was glad to see this article in the Los Angeles Times today. The Times even managed to put aside its longstanding bias against gun owners—almost, anyway—to take a look at one of the NRA’s new public faces, Colion Noir. A hip young African-American attorney from Houston, Noir doesn’t fit the L.A. Times stereotype of American gun owners—“old, fat, whit...
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HIPAA and NICS: Balancing Two Necessary Evils
By Dr. Timothy Wheeler, M.D.
The years 2011 and 2012 saw a rash of horrible high profile murders whose suspected perpetrators bore the striking common trait of serious mental illness. In all cases—the Aurora, Colorado movie theater mass shootings, the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings, and the shooting of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords—the suspects were known in advance by their families or associates to be seriously disturbed. Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes had even seen ...
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VIDEO: The Wickedness Inside All of Us? Dr. Wheeler Interview on NRA News
Cam Edwards talks to Dr. Timothy Wheeler from Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership about this article he wrote for National Review Online: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/334732/wickedness-inside-all-us-timothy-... - NRA News - December 5, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFYUPVuoEBg
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VIDEO: DRGO’s Dr. Wheeler on NRA News
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0QfRkR7YNBs#!
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American Academy of Pediatrics Still Living in the Past
By Timothy Wheeler, MD
With the expected mainstream media promo, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released the new edition of its firearm policy, “Firearm-Related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population.” The usual media supporters of gun control didn’t disappoint. Check this article from Reuters, which didn’t even bother with a perfunctory balancing response from the Second Amendment Foundation or the NRA.
But that’s OK. The American public is much more educated about f...
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