Friday, September 12, 2025

I survived a shooting. Guns make political violence inevitable.

As a trauma surgeon, I see bodies broken by bullets. More guns don't make us safer. They make anger more lethal – for Democrats and Republicans alike. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Fri Sep 12 2025

 
Kalib Magana, president of the University of Oklahoma's chapter of Turning Point USA, lights a candle during a vigil for the organization's cofounder Charlie Kirk on Sep. 10, 2025, in Norman. Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University.

As a trauma surgeon, I see bodies broken by bullets. More guns don't make us safer. They make anger more lethal – for Democrats and Republicans alike.

A memorial for Charlie Kirk at the Turning Point Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix on Sept. 11, 2025.
 

Liberals blame Charlie Kirk for his death. It's hateful and cruel.

It has to be said: There is no set of gun control proposals that would have saved Charlie Kirk. That hasn't stopped liberals.

Netflix's "Unknown Number: The High School Catfish" is a documentary about Kendra Licari and her daughter, Lauryn. Skye Borgman's new documentary is about a real-life cyberbullying case that rocked the small community of Beal City, Michigan.
 

Netflix's 'Unknown Number' failed a teen victim – and the audience

The Netflix documentary 'Unknown Number: The High School Catfish' is perhaps as enraging as the story itself.

Supporters of cash bail reform rally in 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky.
 

Trump bought his way out of jail. Now he targets bail reform.

Trump calls bail reform 'cashless bail.' But tens of thousands of people remain jailed not because they are dangerous but because they are poor

A nurse readies a syringe during a free vaccination event for students and faculty at Iroquois High School in Louisville, Kentucky. The event was voluntary for those wishing to receive vaccinations for measles and Covid-19.
 

More states should follow Florida. Vaccine mandates are unsafe.

My home state of New Jersey should follow Florida's lead in ending vaccine mandates. Better yet, we should end them nationally.

The percentage of U.S. adults who say they consume alcohol has fallen to 54%, the lowest by 1 percentage point since since 1939, Gallup reports on Aug. 13, 2025.
 

Americans are giving up alcohol. Here's why I'm one of them.

The new Gallup numbers suggest a change agent at play, with women and Gen Z the driving forces behind unprecedented decreases in drinking.

A metal company's recycling plant in 1994.
 

Americans are wasting resources. We need better recycling.

We need extended producer responsibility policies that require automakers and appliance manufacturers to manage their products from creation to grave.

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