She may be a fine physician when she sticks to what she’s been educated and certified for, but as far as giving out gun advice, her opinions seem as informed as if you asked her about NFL college draft picks, or a leak in your car’s intake manifold. While she may be qualified to field questions on those subjects as well, how about some proof? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes pediatricians need to stick to what they know and "first do no harm" by posturing as authorities on matters outside their field of expertise.
Saturday, September 13, 2014
‘Progressive’-influenced pediatrician wants pass on boundary violations for guns
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Funny, when I check the CDC WISQARS data, I find much different data than Kristie quotes. It seems she inflated the number of accidental child firearms deaths a few times. And... Huh. Looks like children are more than 14 times more likely to be accidentally killed by their doctors than by a gun owner.
Clearly NRA firearms instructors should be allowed to question and counsel their students about the dangers of doctors like Rivers.
That would be useful info to post under the column, where more can see it.
I've been railing against doctors ... especially Pediatricians .. advising parents (and especially their children, out of the presence of the parents) for years.
Archive copies of the American Association of Pediatricians [AAP] reveal that has been part of their "Guidelines" for decades. In recent years, they have discontinued advice about firearms in most of their online material.
Apparently, that tendency to familial interference is an embedded part of their culture, even though they no longer SPECIFICALLY say so on sources available to the public.
In past years, they recommended separating the children from the parents, and then closely question the children about 'guns in the home'. The message? "Guns Are Bad!"
It's an obvious attempt to sway children from their parents' political and social teachings by subterfuge, and as such is less than professional ... certainly dishonest.
If the docs (and maybe more specifically, the organizations encouraging the interrogations) were really concerned strictly about child safety, they would just make sure the kids knew the Eddie Eagle rules and leave it at that. The child will almost certainly encounter firearms outside the home. What then?
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