Drgo

Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership exists because medicine has a problem: medical associations have been pushing anti-gun politics into the patient-doctor relationship for decades. Patients get asked about gun ownership, then pressured with anti-gun messaging by physicians who overstep professional boundaries.

DRGO flips that script. Founded by physicians including Timothy Wheeler, MD (ENT surgeon) and Robert Young, MD, the organization tackles the disconnect between gun ownership and medical care head-on.

2Adoc.com - Gun-Friendly Provider Referral Service - Free and confidential matchmaking between patients and pro-gun healthcare providers - Solves the real problem: gun owners who don't trust their doctors with this basic fact about their lives

Research & Resources - Evidence-based positions on suppressors as hearing protection (endorsed by the American Association of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgeons) - Analysis of how reporting laws affect gun owners' healthcare decisions - Research on guns and public health that doesn't start with an anti-gun conclusion - The book The Responsibilities of Firearm Ownership from DRGO leadership

Medical organizations have been insinuating an anti-gun political agenda into the patient-doctor relationship for decades.

DRGO contributors include ENT surgeons, trauma doctors, and researchers who understand that firearm safety and responsible gun ownership are legitimate medical topics—not political ones. Their work on suppressors as medical devices for hearing protection is a perfect example: it's science, not ideology.

The organization publishes regularly on gun policy, constitutional rights, and the intersection of firearms and healthcare. Their blog archives show consistent coverage since 2012, with a focus on correcting misinformation in medical literature and policy.

Founded and led by medical professionals with real expertise: - Timothy Wheeler, MD - ENT surgeon, founder - Robert Young, MD - John Edeen, MD - Glen Otero, PhD - Sean Brodale, DO

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