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Study: Gun-related injuries cost $2.8 billion per year in hospital charges

by Andrew Shepperson

Gun-related injuries are costing the American people billions of dollars per year in hospital charges, a new study has found.

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Florida hit with $1.1 million in legal fees on Brady ‘Docs vs. Glocks’ case

by Chris Eger

The lengthy battle over Florida’s law preventing health care workers from asking about their patients’ guns has turned into a payday for those who challenged it.

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Florida ‘Docs vs. Glocks’ case stands in docs’ favor

by Chris Eger

The state is not appealing a federal court ruling that barred Florida’s law against health care workers asking about their patient’s firearms.

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Florida ‘Docs vs Glocks’ case ruling handed down in docs’ favor

by Chris Eger

A 10-1 panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday largely dismantled Florida’s law prohibiting health care workers from asking about their patient’s firearms.

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AG Healey wants doctors to talk guns with patients

by Chris Eger

State Attorney General Martha Healey teamed up with the Massachusetts Medical Society on Monday to provide voluntary guidance to heath care professionals in the state on guns.

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Republicans smoke House vote on CDC funds for gun research

by Chris Eger

A party line vote by GOP lawmakers blocked a fourth effort Thursday to bring a bill favored by gun control groups to fund federal research by the CDC to the floor

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Florida ‘Docs vs Glocks’ case vacated and sent back for retrial

by Chris Eger

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday agreed to rehear a case challenging Florida’s law prohibiting health care workers from asking about their patient’s firearms.

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2015 gun rights wins and losses

by Chris Eger

It was a seesaw struggle for Second Amendment litigation at both the state and federal level in 2015, with important gains for privacy and carry rights but losses on weapons bans.

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Courts give 3rd pro-gun victory in ‘Docs vs Glocks’ case

by Chris Eger

A three-judge panel of federal appeals court judges last week found that Florida’s law prohibiting health care workers from asking about their patient’s firearms is legal.

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House Dems want doctors free to quiz patients on guns

by Chris Eger

As part of a measure designed to expand research into gun violence as a health care issue, the bill would free physicians to ask patients about gun ownership.

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Courts hand down another pro-gun victory in ‘Docs vs Glocks’ case

by Chris Eger

A federal court Tuesday rejected a request for rehearing over Florida's law prohibiting health care workers from asking about their patient’s firearms, lifting a long-standing injunction.

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Physician and attorney lobby groups call for more background checks, gun restrictions

by Chris Eger

Seven major medical organizations as well as the American Bar Association Monday made a call to address gun violence as a public health issue to which they proposing a number of gun control recommendations as a cure.

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