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America: 350,000,000 Guns; 47,000 Psychiatrists
By Pamela Wible, MD |
January 2, 2013
Dr Wible is a family physician born into a family of physicians. She has developed a model for change in healthcare delivery that first asks a community what it wants and needs from the healthcare experience. Her model for the “ideal clinic” is taught in graduate medical curricula.
 We have a constitutional right to bear arms.
We have no constitutional right to health care.
America is the most heavily armed nation in the world.
America also leads the world in mental illness.
Half of all Americans develop at least one mental illness.
Half of all cases begin during childhood.
Nearly half of all Americans have at least one gun at home.
The human brain controls the gun.
People will find ways to end their pain.
A civilized society offers civilized solutions.
A violent society offers violent solutions.
It's easier to get a gun than see a psychiatrist.
It's cheaper to buy a gun than see a psychiatrist.
Ammunition costs less than medication.
Bullets are just a few cents each.
God bless America.
Pamela Wible, MD, pioneered the first community-designed ideal medical clinic
in America. She is author of Pet Goats & Pap Smears and writes for The Oregonian.
Contact Dr. Wible.
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