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Re: Letter from Dr. Lucas Gil in November 2015 CFP issue
I write in response to Dr. Gil's commentary on being surprised by seeing a photo of a physician wielding a high-powered rifle. The Faces of Family Medicine profiles are together meant to show a broad view of family physicians across the country. As such, it is reasonable to see family physicians who indeed have firearms licenses. As a rural GP who works in...
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Given the general pacifistic, peaceful nature of physicians, I was surprised to see a profile that includes a physician wielding a high powered assault rifle that (some game hunters have told me) could kill a moose, caribou, or large animal thereof. Given the recent shootings exposed in the US and Canadian media and mention of this physician providing palliative care services on the same page leaves me baffled and furt...
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