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The Gun-Owning Doctors Changing the Gun Debate

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Last fall, doctors from all over America took to social media with the hashtag #ThisIsMyLane (or #ThisIsOurLane). They sent pictures of themselves in blood-drenched scrubs and shared stories of treating victims of shootings. They were responding to a tweet from the NRA chiding them for speaking out about gun violence. Who are these doctors who have seen the worst results of gun violence—and still own guns? Guest: Dr. Brendan Campbell, pediatric surgeon at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut.  This episode first aired on Nov. 15, 2018.  Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to whatnext@slate.com. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.


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0:00.0

Okay, so how many guns do you own and what kinds?

0:09.7

So I own a variety of different guns.

0:14.1

I own 22 firearms, seven shotguns.

0:17.6

I own four hand guns, five rifles, and I have a couple of antique sort of collector

0:23.5

type guns. And they're all in a big safe together? They are all in a big safe together in my

0:29.4

house. Brendan Campbell lives in Hartford, Connecticut. He actually hunts deer with a bow and arrow,

0:35.1

but he shoots duck and geese with the firearms in that safe.

0:39.0

He's been into guns since he was 12 years old at Boy Scout camp.

0:42.9

You know, one of the activities we did was going to the rifle range and shooting a 22-calibur rifle.

0:50.2

And I enjoyed it.

0:51.8

It was kind of cool.

0:52.8

I didn't have guns in my house, and I don't know,

0:55.8

there was something mysterious about it.

1:01.8

Anyway, the interest that I had in the Boy Scouts at the Rifle Range sort of evolved into an

1:08.9

interest in hunting. And, you know, some of my buddies in high school

1:12.4

were small game hunters and were always inviting me to go out. And when my 16th birthday was coming up

1:19.2

and my parents asked me what I wanted, I said, geez, you know, I want a shotgun so I can, you know,

1:25.2

have my own gun when I go hunting with my buddies.

1:29.0

What did they think about that?

1:36.6

Well, my mother grew up in Queens, New York, and knew nothing about guns, and she was not at all excited about it.

1:43.1

So he pled his case. He told his parents, I'll take a safety course. I'll store the gun under lock and key.

1:47.3

After a lot of discussion, they agreed,

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