Letter to the Editor: Anti-gun doctor fails to see larger picture

Columbus Dispatch
Sunday, May 25, 2003

In answer to the lecture on the concealed-carry gun law from Dr. Jonathan Groner (letter, May 14), I wonder if he has been so preoccupied with the deaths of shooting victims that he has missed the many victims of drug overdoses, lawn-mower amputations, auto accidents, muggings, rapes, assaults, robberies and the ever-present fear of being a victim of any felon who makes use of a handgun?

Lawbreakers carry guns, usually concealed. That's what makes them lawbreakers. If an intruder forced his way into the doctor's home, instead of using a weapon, any weapon, maybe even a nine iron, I'm afraid all the odds would favor the intruder with a handgun. Perhaps the good doctor could talk him to death!

JOE RAILE
Columbus

Not all physicians have come under the spell of the anti-Constitutionalists. Those Ohioans fighting battles against a misinformed medical community would do well to consider the words of Dr. Timothy M. Billups, MD, FACEP, who submitted written testimony in support of HB12. Billups is a "residency trained, Board Certified Emergency Medicine physician" with "nine years of clinical experience in several Emergency Departments in the Cleveland and Akron areas".

For an even greater resource, check out Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws which a collaborative effort by members of KeepAndBearArms.com.