MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'handgun'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:01:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4313950&cid=t_189948_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fshooter-university-mexico-hospital-large%2F A man who fired a handgun inside the University of New Mexico hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico in an apparent domestic dispute is still at large. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4313950 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:52:00 +0100 4313950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3648481&cid=t_189948_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4ZCAYfHGVlc%2F By Tim LynchJohn Lee still has his life and four children still have a father because Mr. Lee  had a handgun when three criminals tried to kill him and take his money. When John Q. Citizen takes out a gun and the criminals flee, reporters don’t consider the incident “news” (at least when there are no injuries)–so guns are typically on the evening news when they are used by criminals.  As a result of that skewed coverage, it is no wonder that many people have a negative view about firearms. On June 17, Cato will be hosting a forum about guns, crime, and self-defense.  Speakers include John Lott, Jeff Snyder, and Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign. For related Cato scholarship, go here. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3648481 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:37:17 +0100 3648481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416799&cid=t_189948_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FrZASRIzMXRQ%2F As I have noted before, “gun free” zones are an exercise in fantasy. To some, a place without guns sounds like a great place to live.  Unfortunately, others think they sound like a great place to plunder. Some recent developments highlight the ability of armed citizens to defend themselves and how localized gun bans near schools or on universities make victims of law-abiding citizens. A group of Georgia college students at a birthday party owe their lives to the fact that one of them had a gun. (H/T Of Arms & the Law) Two gunmen burst in to the apartment and separated males and females into different rooms. The gunmen began discussing whether they had enough bullets to kill everyone at the party. One of the students pulled a gun from his backpack and shot at the home invad... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416799 Mon, 18 May 2009 17:36:31 +0100 2416799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1560799&cid=t_189948_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F07%2F01%2Fguns-are-a-lethal-choice%2F I don’t mean to be insensitive to the potential for destructive nature of a gun in the home, but there was a spate of news articles yesterday regurgitating a statistic which is neither new nor news — that more than half of firearm deaths in the U.S. are suicides. From the Associated Press: Public-health researchers have concluded that in homes where guns are present, the likelihood that someone in the home will die from suicide or homicide is much greater. This isn’t news, however, as for the past 25 years, 80% of the time suicide has outranked homicides and accidents as the number one handgun killer. Why do so many people turn to a handgun when they want to end their lives? Perhaps it’s because nothing else in this world is quite like a handgun. A handgun&#82... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1560799 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:06:48 +0100 1560799