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John,
I'm not sure if I ever told you this, but I'm a physician here in Chicago. I dabble in some technology stuff, (goes back many years to my college days) and I'm very guarded about telling people about my occupation for obvious and some non-obvious reasons.
I work here in Chicago and do my fare share of time in the E.R. @ UNAMED HOSPTAL (JOHN: Ever notice how gun owners in Illinois are deeply closeted and fearful of anyone finding out about their interest? Remember how gays handled this problem? Just asking.) Although we don't get the most gun shootings in our E.R., we do get our fare share. (Cabrini Green "victims" come to our hospital...etc.) A famous Chicago politician also comes here for all of his ailments.
I can tell you that in the E.R., when a call is made that a GSW is coming in, that most of us assume it's going to be a black male - even if they don't provide that information on the way over.
It's truly a sad state of affairs, and of course, everyone involved believes that guns are "evil", as if that were truly cathartic to the situation at hand.
I've sat through meetings with surgeons making 500K + a year talking about cop killer bullets and the danger to us as surgeons, etc.
It's so blown out of proportion, it makes me sick. Hopefully, some day when I have some seniority I can start speaking out against the brainwashed machine called medicine.
I did onetime mention that there is no such thing as a "cop killer bullet" and that bullets that penetrate a BPV are not "cop killers" just because they do so. Moreover, look at the cops you were shot these past few years and you'll see GSW's to the head, neck, groin/ thigh (femoral artery bleeds so well...) The few shots that actually hit the vests were securely lodged in the Kevlar. This is just another example of hype and bull**** that feeds into the public's perceptions of guns and how evil they are.
Moreover, before you take a patient into surgery you have an x-ray 99% of the time. You can see the bullet, where it's located and if it's mushroomed, etc. In the past 10 years, I've only seen one case of someone getting shot with a hollow point with a "star" type of expansion. You know it's there and you tread lightly JUST as if the person had a shattered femur with sharp bone fragments. (You wouldn't want to get this loser's blood into your system if it cut through your glove...) I've probably seen 50 cases in my career, and 49 of them have always been FMJ. Sometimes I wish these guys would get better ammo and get the job done than to waste all the tax payer money, etc. I'm also an advocate of running shooting schools for gang members so they hit their target and not the 5 year old girl playing in her back yard.
So, I'm going to go out on a limb here (politically) and tell you something that I know to be true. I know this from friends of mine who are police officer's in the city, etc. The CPD is responsible for a good amount of the illegal guns that get circulated in Chicago. You pull a gun off a gang banger, bust him for whatever and keep the gun. (not file the gun on the report, bust him for drugs or whatever you feel like...it's ridiculous the power a CPD officer has to ruin your life.)
The guns circulate between officers, are used to plant on people, sold or traded (yes, some cops have substance abuse problems themselves - let alone gambling, etc.)
I know this is almost impossible, but I would like to know how many guns involved in gang shootings are recycled by police officers. I think the % would outrage the public, then again even one gun recycled by police should outrage the public.
Moving on to a more relevant issue to CC, I can tell you that the rent-a-cops we have at UNAMED HOSPITAL are worthless. We have had people come in to steal drugs, etc. Of course, we give them whatever they want and have them leave. As the nation's drug problem gets worse and Daley's crime program increases the # of murders in Chicago, I can tell you that under my lab coat, I carry a loaded SIG 239 compact in the small of my back. Every minute I'm at the hospital I have it available to me, except for in surgery. Even then, it's a 30 second run to safety.
The few cops I know tell me that it's a great idea and that they would do the same thing. They also know that I would never shoot anyone unless I absolutely had to. I'll never forget the story about the Luby's restaurant in Killeen, TX where a gunman executed over a dozen people. He went around and shot people as they hid behind their tables. There was a female chiropractor there, who normally kept a gun in her purse but had it in her glove compartment this particular day. The murderer had his back to her most of the time, and she could have taken him out quickly and saved many lives that day. That was in the early 90's, and one of the victims was my roommate for 2 years in college. (name withheld to protect the family that lost their only child.) Since that day, I vowed to never let something like that happen again. I wonder what would have happened if the Brown's chicken employees had an opportunity to fight back before they were executed?
Unfortunately, Daley is setting the environment so perfect for things like this to happen. You can kill someone in seconds, it can take the police 5 or more minutes to arrive. Do the math.
Signed,
Doctor who believes in saving lives.
PS: I didn't own a gun until after my friend was murdered. I did however, (of course) use guns in the military.
I'm not sure if I ever told you this, but I'm a physician here in Chicago. I dabble in some technology stuff, (goes back many years to my college days) and I'm very guarded about telling people about my occupation for obvious and some non-obvious reasons.
I work here in Chicago and do my fare share of time in the E.R. @ UNAMED HOSPTAL (JOHN: Ever notice how gun owners in Illinois are deeply closeted and fearful of anyone finding out about their interest? Remember how gays handled this problem? Just asking.) Although we don't get the most gun shootings in our E.R., we do get our fare share. (Cabrini Green "victims" come to our hospital...etc.) A famous Chicago politician also comes here for all of his ailments.
I can tell you that in the E.R., when a call is made that a GSW is coming in, that most of us assume it's going to be a black male - even if they don't provide that information on the way over.
It's truly a sad state of affairs, and of course, everyone involved believes that guns are "evil", as if that were truly cathartic to the situation at hand.
I've sat through meetings with surgeons making 500K + a year talking about cop killer bullets and the danger to us as surgeons, etc.
It's so blown out of proportion, it makes me sick. Hopefully, some day when I have some seniority I can start speaking out against the brainwashed machine called medicine.
I did onetime mention that there is no such thing as a "cop killer bullet" and that bullets that penetrate a BPV are not "cop killers" just because they do so. Moreover, look at the cops you were shot these past few years and you'll see GSW's to the head, neck, groin/ thigh (femoral artery bleeds so well...) The few shots that actually hit the vests were securely lodged in the Kevlar. This is just another example of hype and bull**** that feeds into the public's perceptions of guns and how evil they are.
Moreover, before you take a patient into surgery you have an x-ray 99% of the time. You can see the bullet, where it's located and if it's mushroomed, etc. In the past 10 years, I've only seen one case of someone getting shot with a hollow point with a "star" type of expansion. You know it's there and you tread lightly JUST as if the person had a shattered femur with sharp bone fragments. (You wouldn't want to get this loser's blood into your system if it cut through your glove...) I've probably seen 50 cases in my career, and 49 of them have always been FMJ. Sometimes I wish these guys would get better ammo and get the job done than to waste all the tax payer money, etc. I'm also an advocate of running shooting schools for gang members so they hit their target and not the 5 year old girl playing in her back yard.
So, I'm going to go out on a limb here (politically) and tell you something that I know to be true. I know this from friends of mine who are police officer's in the city, etc. The CPD is responsible for a good amount of the illegal guns that get circulated in Chicago. You pull a gun off a gang banger, bust him for whatever and keep the gun. (not file the gun on the report, bust him for drugs or whatever you feel like...it's ridiculous the power a CPD officer has to ruin your life.)
The guns circulate between officers, are used to plant on people, sold or traded (yes, some cops have substance abuse problems themselves - let alone gambling, etc.)
I know this is almost impossible, but I would like to know how many guns involved in gang shootings are recycled by police officers. I think the % would outrage the public, then again even one gun recycled by police should outrage the public.
Moving on to a more relevant issue to CC, I can tell you that the rent-a-cops we have at UNAMED HOSPITAL are worthless. We have had people come in to steal drugs, etc. Of course, we give them whatever they want and have them leave. As the nation's drug problem gets worse and Daley's crime program increases the # of murders in Chicago, I can tell you that under my lab coat, I carry a loaded SIG 239 compact in the small of my back. Every minute I'm at the hospital I have it available to me, except for in surgery. Even then, it's a 30 second run to safety.
The few cops I know tell me that it's a great idea and that they would do the same thing. They also know that I would never shoot anyone unless I absolutely had to. I'll never forget the story about the Luby's restaurant in Killeen, TX where a gunman executed over a dozen people. He went around and shot people as they hid behind their tables. There was a female chiropractor there, who normally kept a gun in her purse but had it in her glove compartment this particular day. The murderer had his back to her most of the time, and she could have taken him out quickly and saved many lives that day. That was in the early 90's, and one of the victims was my roommate for 2 years in college. (name withheld to protect the family that lost their only child.) Since that day, I vowed to never let something like that happen again. I wonder what would have happened if the Brown's chicken employees had an opportunity to fight back before they were executed?
Unfortunately, Daley is setting the environment so perfect for things like this to happen. You can kill someone in seconds, it can take the police 5 or more minutes to arrive. Do the math.
Signed,
Doctor who believes in saving lives.
PS: I didn't own a gun until after my friend was murdered. I did however, (of course) use guns in the military.
