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2014-07-26 -Land of the Free

Good News on Penn. hospital shooting-Dr. Silverman not likely to be fired/arrested

Posted by DarthVader 2014-07-26 11:06|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 We can only hope the stupid knee jerk reaction of banning guns from places like this will be re-examined and have some common sense rewrites to them.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-07-26 11:09|| 2014-07-26 11:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Nothing wrong with valid training requirements. Good gun control involves proper target selection, sighting and a steady squeeze.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-07-26 11:22|| 2014-07-26 11:22|| Front Page Top

#3 That the good doc had a pistol in his office suggests to me that he believed he was threatened in the past by one or more of his patients. It's not unusual for a psychiatrist, particularly one who works with seriously disturbed patients, to be threatened thusly.

Posted by Steve White 2014-07-26 11:46|| 2014-07-26 11:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Doc, what about hospital policy that disarms its staff against threats like that? Had he followed policy, it is likely he and others would be dead, as well as the patient (given they typically suicide at the end of a shooting spree). I get the feeling that if it were not a Doctor, but instead a nurse, or staff, they likely would be discipled, fired, or facing charges.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-07-26 14:15|| 2014-07-26 14:15|| Front Page Top

#5 That's correct, and the doc himself may still find himself disciplined by the hospital. They won't use this incident, of course; they'll find that he's about 11 billionteen records behind or something.

I've never considered arming myself at the hospital. Then again, I've never had a credible threat to my life by a patient.

Posted by Steve White 2014-07-26 14:49|| 2014-07-26 14:49|| Front Page Top

#6 It's Better To Be Judged By 12 Than Carried By 6.

Posted by DepotGuy 2014-07-26 15:29|| 2014-07-26 15:29|| Front Page Top

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