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Gotta luv ’em!
There are only two things that should dictate the conversation between a doctor and patient: the patient’s needs, and the doctor’s abilities.
I am so sick of this dipshit blowhard; not sure why anyone pays any attention to him.
Doctor: You should really get rid of your guns.
Me: I don’t pay you to tell me how to live my life. I pay you to patch me up and get me back on my feet. Now shut up and get sawing.
Quite frankly, I’ve known enough doctors in my life to know that any time something comes out of their mouths, you need to get a second and third opinion. Fortunately, I have enough MDs in my immediate family to just text them whatever test results I’m concerned about and have them confirm that the MD in question is full of shit. Most MDs these days are very very shitty doctors anyway. Their standard answer to everything is to push drugs.
50% – 75% of the people that work in any particular field are shit at their jobs. Doctors are no exception.
If you go to enough doctors, eventually one of them will kill you.
Yes Mike, there is a risk with gun ownership. There is a risk with car ownership, knife ownership, bathtub ownership, and ownership of thousands of other objects. However, it is not your place, a doctor’s place, a politician’s place, nor anyone else’s place to tell me what risks I am allowed to accept during my daily life. But if you’d like to put yourself in a straight jacket and a padded room to avoid all of these risks, you’d be doing the country a great service.
“…any gun represents a risk which cannot be mitigated or ignored…”
If you’re a thug intending to invade my home or do me harm, that’s certainly true.
On the other hand, shooting as a recreational activity is orders of magnitude safer than most other outdoor hobbies. The most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis, by far, is operating a motor vehicle on the public roadways. Pretty much everything else we do is exponentially safer.
Access to cars present a risk that cannot be ignored. Whatever. Idiot.
A risk that cannot be mitigated or ignored! And to think, we constantly surround the President with armed security. Something doesn’t jibe here.
Has Mikes doctor told him losing weight would greatly mitigate his risk of dying? His fatness is more likely to get him killed than my guns are me.
Will they make a version for lefty’s?
It would be interesting to see what kind of a career Liam would have if it were not for the American gun culture?
Lest anyone should forget the armed populace of the US may have been a major reason why the US mainland was never attacked by the Japanese in WWII.They sent there balloons but never ground troops.
If doctors should tell their patients about risks other than medical they will have no time to treat the medical issues.
Doctors should stick to their (alleged) field of expertise and leave the rest of it alone.
This article is incorrect.
MA safe storage require firearms to
1) have some kind of trigger or action lock on them
2) or be in a locked container.
They do NOT require them to be unloaded. In fact safe storage laws in MA make no reference to the gun being loaded or unloaded.
The victim could have stored his gun loaded, but he chose not to. PERIOD. This is not debatable.
The other option, keeping your gun on your person, was something the victim could also have done.
While MA safe storage laws suck simply because they often trip up good people, they don’t mandate anything that a responsible gun owner should be doing anyway.
My guns are all either on my person, or locked in some kind of a safe. So should yours.
Thinks he’s a tough guy. Can’t hold a candle to Charlie Bronson or Steve McQueen.
More money I get to save and spend on guns and ammo.
Weisser is the Moshe Merin of the firearms community.
How the hell is this guy still in business!?!? Seriously he continually spouts anti gun rhetoric and yet still sells guns. How come he hasn’t quit the business or been abandoned by his customer base? We boycotted quite a few gun companies and gun rights groups for less and yet folks still buy guns from this idiot! This guy has got to be the only gun store in a 100 miles of a large city or else he would’ve folded long ago or his customer base is just that stupid and still keep buying from his shop. Assuming he actually has a shop, really he could just be a liar or maybe Daddy Bloomberg bought his shop out and now pays him to spout this stuff.
“The 5R rifled threaded free floating barrel is covered by a removable aluminum handguard with keypad attachment points.”
First SIG with their proprietary rail on the P365, and now Remington with their newfangled keypad attachments.
At least they’re catering to their target demographic of keyboard warriors.
/Sarc
Why would you attach a keypad to your rifle? I might pick one up but I’ll wait till after everyone finds out it doesn’t shoot MOA, the QC still sucks, and the recalls are all complete. Remember guys the same folks that put together those other 700s that come from the factory off center, that you yourselves suggest buying only the action and building a rifle from that, are the same ones putting this rifle together and sending it through the same QC department that checked the other Remington models.
All the “QC” in the world doesn;t matter if you’re building junk. AND if you’re building quality you really don’t need a “QC dept”.
In a factory with good leadership and the right atmosphere, EVERY employee knows that he is the QC Department.
Take it back to Iceland or wherever the hell your from. Quit making those ultraviolent movies, shut your mouth and mind your own business. Go to hell while you’re at it.
Anyone who has a damn Pitbull is asking for this. He should be arrested. This happens every week. No compassion for this asshole.
Lol at this fatass, Mike “I’ve sold 40,000 implements of death so I blog about how horrible guns are” the Gun Guy. Dude should read his own citations. Damn near every anti-gun study finds risk factors bigger than firearms. Also, what is the risk? Suicide? You can control that. Accidents? You can control that, and they’re rare. These aren’t diseases. We’re dealing with civil rights here. Far too many antis ignore that or try to downplay that fact.
Did you have to disparage us fatasses?
For that money you can get a legit M4 and convert it over to a full size big-boy magazine tube.
But of course, to idiots like this guy, there are NO benefits from gun ownership. God forbid…
“… access to any gun represents a risk which cannot be mitigated or ignored.”
I guess that put an end to the conversations about safe storage, magazine limits, bump stocks, and all the other BS. Guns are simply so dangerous that it makes no difference, nothing will ever make them any safer for those around them.
I’d like to extend my gratitude to Mike Weisser and Huffington Post for mentioning DRGO.
Since the publication of his rant (very kind of you to link to our site, Mike), we’ve seen a surge in registrations at 2Adoc.com from pro-2A providers as well patients seeking those providers.
Arthur Z Przebinda, MD
Project Director
Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership
So…
One could say, that in your opinion, Mikey is a…
Useful Idiot ?
Over 3 grand?! God almighty!
I love them. Would marry one if I could!
Hmmm. Antique commie technology for around $3K. What shall I buy? A 12-ga. oddity shotgun, or a six-pack of used Yugos? https://www.autotrader.com/car-video/heres-why-the-yugo-is-one-of-the-worst-cars-ever-made-259789
This guy is just a face that succumbed to money, he doesnt give a shit or believe anything he writes. He just does it because he’s a greedy piece of shit. He knows what he’s doing though, and its that free money he’s after more than anything.
He’s just willing to compromise his own morals to get it.
A doctor once asked me if i kept guns in the house. I no longer go to that doctor. I took my files with me on my way out.
They really need to make that stock AND the Accutrigger standard on every gun they sell.
Too late.
Access to guns does pose a hazard as does access to motorcycles, cars, swimming pools, bath tubs, chemicals, knives and plate glass and many other items. All of those risks can be mitigated.
This comment system really sucks
Among the quality builders: Springfield Armory and Smith and Wesson (will not buy until they leave MA)
All the crappy builders: long list (we know who they are).
Glock. Everytime I consider getting some of their bland perfection I end up with an HK, some surplus gun, hipower, something from other euro brands Walther, CZ, old Beretta, sub gun style etc. I’ve tried but just can’t do it. Still want a 1911 so just don’t think a Glock of gonna happen.
2nd on Gluck. And Apple, near beer, training wheels
And Decaf coffee.
Unless you’re a cranky infant, the only guns that should be on a “No Buy” list are quality related.
A gun is a self-defense tool, and the most important feature of a high-quality self-defense tool is reliability.
If your gun jams in a crisis, or fires when it isn’t supposed to, the last thing you’ll be thinking of is the politics of a particular company.
That being said, if you really hate a company but like the gun: BUY USED.
When you buy new…you are a customer of that gun company. When you buy used…you are a customer of your LGS.
Springfield, Ruger, Smith & Wesson, etc. gets exactly zero dollars and zero cents when you buy used. Plus, you support your local store.
Not true.
Here’s how economics works.
When you buy used, you create a shortage of that particular item, then when someone else wants one and used ones are not found, they buy new.
Therefore, buying used just gives reason for people to buy new, and the cycle continues.
It’s a good thing for this to happen to gun companies occasionally. Makes an example of them. Help keeps them in line, and reminds them where they’re loyalties lay. After what happened to Springfield, there won’t be another gun company to stab us in the back for quite some time.
Taurus is the only real one I won’t consider ever again due to a single gun. Pt111. Wife biught it as a bedroom gun and you couldn’t hit the ground if you fired it straight up and waited. Never even bothered with it again, threw it in the bottom if the safe and she got a new gun.
Mossberg.
The M500 is trash. I don’t care if it’s reliable, it’s just poorly built.
Springfield.
My experience with Springfield is that they make good products, but they’re overpriced and under-performing. For instance, their Range Officer 1911s and the XD.
Remington, because the company doesn’t care a bit about the quality of its rifles or handguns. Amazingly, the Remington 870 remains a viable shotgun, but knowing Remington’s owners, it won’t be long until the most popular shotgun of all time is also a POS.
Companies that screw up politically deserve to be boycotted, which punishes them but also drives those companies to reform their wicked ways. It worked against S&W and Ruger, and it will also work against SA. However, it’s important to note that none of those companies produced consistently substandard products, unlike Remington, which produced a rifle that practically fired itself.
And let’s not forget that after Sandy Hook, Cerberus Capital (the owner of Remington) announced that it was selling Remington, Bushmaster etc. Talk about cutting and running.
Ruger quality assurance has taken a huge hit, even their customer service representatives acknowledge it. No semi auto pistol or AR platform from them for me anymore, too many issues back to the factory. That said, I love my GP 100, and certainly plan on buying a 10-22 this year.
A blanket condemnation of any particular brand? Not so much. Active avoidance of certain product lines within those brands? Absolutely
And no one is going to turn in their magazines or rifles. It’ll be funny to see all those bills rescinded. I mean, I hope they don’t pass, but…
Well I’m expecting a rough start, but hopefully a solid products after that. Last I heard they were learning from some early mistakes on the AKs and have a solid rifle now. I still think they should make a 5.56/ar mag AK. I love my zastava m85. An affordable rifle version would be nice considering the m90 isn’t coming in anymore.
Mike Rogers, how do the Kalashnikov USA guns compare in materials quality and build quality compared to the actual Kalashnikov guns from Russia?
If I recall correctly, you were quoted, or perhaps had posted your initial impressions here or on another gun blog after receiving a KS12 several months ago, and they were overall quite positive. Just wondering what your opinion is now, after having had a chance to tear one down and really get into the guts of it.
WARNINGS OF FUTURE ALERTS :HEED THE FOREWARNING NOW AND PREPARE: TO ALL NORTH AMERICANS ;IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE RUSSIANS WILL BE INVADING AND ATTACKING VIA THROUGH ALASKA,FROM THE BEARINGS STRAIGHT ,THROUGH AND INTO CANADA FROM ALASKA,THEN INTO THE USA.AND FOR THEY WILL BE BRINGING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION .
CHINA,RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA ARE SECRETLY PLANNING TO INVADING AND ATTACKING THE USA AND DESTROYING THE USA,SO THEY CAN CONTROL AND DOMININATE ,THE WORLD AND POPULATIONS AND TO ENSLAVE EVERYONE.
BE ALL VIGILATE AND BE ALL IN ADVANCED PREPARED,AND FOREWARNED.
”FORE-WARNED IS FORE-ARMED”
DON’T BE SLEEPING SHEEP THAT ARE ALL LED TO SLAUGTHER.
”TIME TO WAKING UP IS NOW”
THE WISE MANS ABDOMITION OF SCRIPTURE’S SAY’S: THE WISE MAN SEE’S THE
DARK-STORMS COMING AHEAD AND FOR HE PREPARES HIMSELF FOR IT.
THE FOOLISH PASS-ON AND ARE ALL PUNISHED”.
SO WHICH ONE ARE YOU DEAR FRIENDS
Wow. Or better yet, yippee kay yay.
This whole thing reeks of somebody who got a brilliant idea while stoned, but could only kind of half-remember it sober.
Lets see…
While there are plenty of places to scream total freedom, there are also places where there should be some boundaries.
Examples.
Pic of just you and the rifle… eh….
Pic with you and your rifle where the shot also shows the sport or activity in which the rifle is used in… more so.
Pic of your daughter in a bikini…. eh…
Pic of your daughter in a swim suit at the Olympic pool…. maybe…
Giving the photo context could keep a lot of these from becoming issues. If they would bring back target shooting as a sport in schools, a lot of this would blend well.
Yearbook photo of a kid in a black trench coat with two glocks wedged in his belt….eh…..
I believe this is the fundamental issue surrounding a lot of this issue.
Freedom is great, but when you exhibit it in a strange manner, people begin to draw conclusions, its just life, its how it is, its how its always been, its an inherent defense mechanism built into all of us. People judge people…. period.
I say the same thing about the open carry demonstration guys.
Properly dressed, pistol on your side or rifle properly carried…. nice.
showing up like you’re about ready to go postal on a mall carrying 2 AR’s and an AK with WWII ammo belts and dressed like you just rolled out of bed and are 17 years old…. it looks bad.
Presentation.
That said.
I think instead of banning anything outright there should be some form of actual thought and work by the school to apply a guideline or two first, if the guidelines fail or cannot gain control, then perhaps restriction.
This knee jerk reaction bull crap does little to nothing to improve our society.
Having said all that, the above photo seems fine, the addition of the shirt shows the photo is meant to capture the boys feelings about freedom and our rights.
Queen of the south ? No queen of corruption and the nra ratings means nothing as bullshit !
H-S Precision. Their use of Lon Horiuchi in the early 2000’s as a company spokesman was horrendous. For those of you who don’t remember, Horiuchi was the FBI sniper at Ruby Ridge who murdered Vicki Weaver as she held her child.
My son’s friend had his eye shot out by his brother with a BB gun. Nobody made a big deal out of it. When I was a kid we used to have BB gun wars, we made a rule no head shots. Times have changed.
Just read yesterday that an 8 year old girl was fatally injured after suffering a BB shot to her eye. Happened in northern Indiana so absolutely nothing surprises me there.