tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621317379873499702.post2693510369577513593..comments2024-01-14T03:48:36.601-05:00Comments on Fauquier ENT Blog: A Crime For Doctors to Ask About Guns?Fauquier ENThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18011731559130483399noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621317379873499702.post-79224467617961135922011-01-31T05:59:39.041-05:002011-01-31T05:59:39.041-05:00Dr. Chang, you were an undergraduate when the Amer...Dr. Chang, you were an undergraduate when the American Academy of Pediatrics began its political campaign against gun owners, so I suspect you're not familiar with its extreme anti-gun rights bias. The AAP worked with Handgun Control, Inc. (now known as the Brady Campaign) to devise its firearm policy, which among other things advises pediatricians to urge parents to get rid of their guns. It is this ideological motivation that taints the very idea of pediatricians probing patients or parents about guns.<br /><br />The medical literature is not a reliable source for learning about gun crime, any more than you would research treatments for laryngeal cancer in the sociology literature.<br /><br />See my op-ed in today's South Florida Sun-Sentinel at www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/fl-doctors-guns-forum-20110131,0,6682478.story<br /><br /><br /><br />Timothy Wheeler, MD<br />Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery<br />Los Angeles areaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com