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By Scott McDonald
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Some medical professionals blatantly told the National Rifle Association to get out of their way and quit rubbernecking. Just days after the NRA told the medical community to "stay in their own lane" when it comes to gun control, the doctors and nurses poked back. And the images weren't pretty.
In a small timeframe surrounding the Thousand Oaks, Calif., bar shooting last week, the NRA replied to an American College of Physicians paper that outlined the rise of gun violence in America.
Several hours before 12 people were shot and killed at Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Thursday morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention produced more numbers that show gun deaths are on the rise. CDC also calls for doctors to continue helping protect patients from the dangers of firearms in America.
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In its flagship publication, the American College of Physicians (ACP) introduced several new data about rising gun violence.
"We need to ask our patients about firearms, counsel them on safe firearm behaviors, and take further action when an imminent hazard is present," wrote Dr. Garen Wintemute, of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California Davis Medical Center.
The NRA sniped back with a tweet, telling the docs to "stay in their lane."
"Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane. Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control. Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves," the NRA tweeted.
The doctors responded with emergency room photos that tell their story without needing to say any words, but the docs and nurses chimed in anyway.
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