Rand Paul blocks Surgeon General nominee for saying gun violence is a public health threat
Source: Think Progress
On Wednesday two years to the day after George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) placed a hold on President Barack Obamas nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, over Murthys view that gun violence represents a significant public health threat.
In his efforts to curtail Second Amendment rights, Dr. Murthy has continually referred to guns as a public health issue on par with heart disease and has diminished the role of mental health in gun violence, wrote Paul in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
As a physician, I am deeply concerned that he has advocated that doctors use their position of trust to ask patients, including minors, details about gun ownership in the home
Dr. Murthy has disqualified himself from being Surgeon General because of his intent to use that position to launch an attack on Americans right to own a firearm under the guise of a public health and safety campaign.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/02/26/3332741/rand-paul-hold-murthy-guns/
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Pro-violence?
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Guns to surpass car accidents as leading cause of deaths among young people
Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014422109
Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014422109
As usual Rand Paul doesn't know what the hell he is talking about.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Krazy son like Krazy daddy.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)under the guise
That's some serious denial.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)You'll not be able to do that, because you're wrong.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)I'll post a link to this story or something similar in the next Rand Paul cheerleading thread, and you watch damn near everyone ignore or gloss over it...
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)billh58
(6,635 posts)also attacked Obamacare for being a "conspiracy" against gun owners:
"Rand Paul Pushes Conspiracy Theory that Obamacare 'Databanks' Gather Information on Gun Owners"
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rand-paul-pushes-conspiracy-theory-obamacare-databanks-gather-information-gun-owners
The right-wing gun lobby (NRA, ALEC, Fox News, Koch Brothers) will go to any lengths to promote more gun violence and deaths for profits. Gun violence is indeed a health threat to Americans -- especially obscene CCW and SYG "laws" which promote and excuse vigilantism.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Emphasis mine.
By deleting a single word, Paul completely changes the meaning of what Dr Murthy actually said. But then, that's what Rand does.