At its annual policymaking meeting, the nation’s largest physicians group bowed to unprecedented demands from doctor-members to take a stronger stand on gun violence \u2014 a problem the organizations says is as menacing as a lethal infectious disease.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The organization wants a ban on scary-looking black rifles and universal registration for firearms as a panacea for gun violence, you know, despite the fact that neither has ever affected gun crimes.<\/p>\n
Many AMA members are gun owners or supporters, including a doctor from Montana who told delegates of learning to shoot at a firing range in the basement of her middle school as part of gym class. But support for banning assault weapons was overwhelming, with the measure adopted in a 446-99 vote.<\/p>\n
“There’s a place to start and this should be it,” Dr. Jim Hinsdale, a San Jose, California, trauma surgeon, said before the vote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The AMA resolution does offer some good points about detecting suicidal tendencies, but largely it’s the same old gun-grabbing bullshit;<\/p>\n
While it is no longer viewed as the unified voice of American medicine, the AMA has more clout with politicians and the public than other doctor groups. It counted more than 243,000 members in 2017, up slightly for the seventh straight year. But it represents less than one-quarter of the nation’s million-plus physicians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s time to deflect questions about your access to guns from your activist family doctor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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