Michael Cohen
...“Radical gun control measures”! Go on. (click here)
Murthy has some crazy, crazy ideas about guns. For example, he wants to bring back the federal assault weapons ban. He supports universal background checks; mandatory-waiting periods of 48 hours for gun purchases, mandatory safety training for gun owners and limits on ammunition purchases. He even wants to do away with laws that would prevent doctors from discussing gun safety with their patients; he wants to see laws that prohibit physicians from documenting gun ownership be repealed; and he wants to restore CDC and NIH funding to conduct firearms research....
That's radical? Could have fooled me. It sounds like he is interested in protecting and saving lives. Is that what a US Surgeon General is suppose to do? I mean call me crazy but I would not expect him to make it easier for Americans to die.
Let's see. :He wants to bring back the
federal assault weapons ban." That is not crazy there are many Americans with the same view.The poll, (click here) which also inquired about views on immigration, budget cuts, jobs and the economy, included 13 questions on guns.
Would you support or oppose a law requiring a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons? 56 percent supported, 42 percent opposed.
He supports universal background checks. Most American support that measure so it appears the NRA is crazy if majorities count.
Would you support or oppose a law requiring background checks on people buying guns at gun shows or online? 86 percent support, 13 percent oppose.
Mandatory-waiting periods of 48 hours for gun purchases.
The goals of a waiting period are to: (1) give law enforcement officials sufficient time to perform a background check; and (2) provide a “cooling off” period to help guard against impulsive acts of violence.
1. In 2000, (click here) in homicides where the weapon was known, 50 percent (1,342 of 2,701) of female homicide victims were killed with a firearm. Of those female firearm homicides, 1,009 women (75 percent) were killed with a handgun.
2. More than five times as many women were murdered by an intimate acquaintance (605) than by a stranger (113) in the year 2000. Additionally, while firearm homicides involving male victims were mostly intra-gender, 95 percent of female firearm homicide victims were murdered by a male.
Mandatory safety training for gun owners.
July 2012 Poll (click here).
I especially thought keeping guns out of the hands of those on the terrorist watch list was prudent.
Would you support or oppose a law requiring a nationwide ban on high-capacity ammunition clips, meaning those containing more than 10 bullets? 56 percent support, 41 percent oppose.
Nope the good doctor is not crazy. As a matter of fact, it appears to me President Obama went out of his way to find a US Surgeon General that most matched the views of Americans.
