Essay:Medical Case Against Gun Control
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Two medical organizations have submitted briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court insisting that gun control is good for public health.[1][2]
Are they right? This essay, which welcomes suggestions by others, looks at the logic and evidence of the impact of gun control on public health.
Fallacies in Arguments Made by the Medical Groups
(will address later)
Deterrence to Invasion
While not strictly a medical argument, there are reports that Japan was deterred from attacking or invading California due to the high percentage of gun ownership by residents there during World War II.
Hitler was deterred from invading Switzerland during World War II in part for the same reason.
Medical Arguments Against Gun Control
References
Sources
- Roland H. Beason, "COMMENTARY: Printz Punts on the Palladium of Rights: It Is Time to Protect the Right of the Individual to Keep and Bear Arms," 50 Ala. L. Rev. 561 (Winter, 1999)
- http://www.jpands.org/hacienda/edcor6.html (the benefit of firearms for public health)
- http://www.jpands.org/hacienda/comm12.html (Gun death statistics from CDC)
- http://www.jpands.org/hacienda/comm13.html (collecting cases on Second Amendment)
- http://www.jpands.org/hacienda/wheeler1.html (when pediatricians become politicians)