NRA Tells Doctors To 'Stay In Their Own Lane'

The anti-gun movement has a new set of allies as people in the medical field are now finding themselves in the crosshairs of the National Rifle Association [NRA].

Doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists and others in the medical profession began posting photos of blood-stained scrubs, graphic X-rays and images of bloodstained operating rooms in response to a Twitter post from the NRA promoting a news release which took aim at medical professionals calling for gun restrictions; that NRA post read:

"Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane.”

Forensic pathologist Judy Melinek saw that NRA Tweet as she was preparing to perform an autopsy on a victim who died from a gunshot wound and she fired off a reply as she headed to the morgue:

Dr Melinek has seen more carnage and trauma than most during her career, having spent months examining remains from the 9/11 World Trade Centre attack, and she was also called to the wreckage of American Airlines flight 587, which crashed shortly after taking off in New York in November 2001 with all 260 people aboard killed, so she knows of what she Tweets; by the time she finished her shift, the tweet had gone viral.

During the two years she worked in the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, Dr Melinek was also clinical instructor in forensic medicine at New York University and has written a book about her experiences.

Other doctors around the country also took to Twitter to vent about the NRA's stance:

In an opinion piece for Vox, Dr Melinek said medical professionals had a responsibility to speak up about gun regulations, pointing out the push for tobacco regulations in response to the lung cancer epidemic caused by cigarettes.

"As scientists and caregivers, we doctors are in a unique position to understand the scale of human suffering caused by guns. We have to do something. We didn't choose this fight, but we if we have to, we can take on the NRA."

Bravo to the men and women who try to save lives ruined, or taken, from gun violence; and for standing up to the NRA who doesn’t give a rat’s behind about gun violence as long as they are making their blood money.

It’s time for the NRA to get out of our lane and let us begin protecting Americans from death by guns.

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