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Surgeon, Writer, Researcher, Dilettante. https://www.ariadnelabs.org/  http://www.lifebox.org/ 

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    Atul Gawande‏Verified account @Atul_Gawande 15 Dec 2012

    It's interesting. When there is a button that can blow people up, we restrict it. But a button that shoots people up--that's freedom.

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      1. Tom Bannigan‏ @samagee 17 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande illiteracy is the real wmd.

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      1. Mark Giallorenzi‏ @markgiallo 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande Atul u r a tool... Lol get what I did there, u r an idiot so I made a play on your name.. Get it?

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      1. Zach Kiker‏ @zpkiker 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande 900,000 children die every year in abortions. No outrage?

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      1. Kiran Mudiam‏ @KiranMudiam 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande @dpatil Clearly both are WMDs! :-(

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      1. Michael Bolton‏ @michaelbolton 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande See, some people's automatic weapons have peace and freedom built into them, so THEY'RE okay. [eyeroll /] #irony

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      1. Last Egg Standing‏ @CanofSand 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande And buttons that mow people down w/2 tons of steel? Buttons that burn people? Buttons that electrify people? Stupid argument.

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      1. Jake Sever‏ @JakeSever1 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande What an idiotic statement. How about paying attention on who presses the button?

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      1. FactsCount‏ @FactsCount 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande >No mystery. US refuses to see gun violence as a mental health problem, fixable with National Healthcare, as in Europe.

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      1. roving pencil‏ @rovingpencil 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande & we're this close to cutting people's fingers off b4 they can board a plane 'cause a terrorist could poke someone in the EYE.

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      1. roving pencil‏ @rovingpencil 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande when the 'button' is a truck and the 'bomb' is fertilizer, we flippin' limit GARDENING. #wtf

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      1. bdavis‏ @byrondavis6774 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande devils advocate here --it is very hard to defend yourself w a bomb. But under 2nd, a militia should be able to have bombs.

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      1. Irvin Scott Ed.D.‏ @iscott4 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande 3.3 million teachers in America, but there are over 300 million guns. How do you defend the future with that imbalance?

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      1. Dr David Nicholl‏ @djnicholl 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande In summary, risk of being killed in Belfast in Troubles much< being shot in Florida. As I recall FL school security had guns

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      1. Dr David Nicholl‏ @djnicholl 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande 2)My Florida 'family' worried re risk of being killed in the Troubles in Belfast...

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      1. Dr David Nicholl‏ @djnicholl 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande 1) I was an exchange student in Florida in 1983, my Belfast family worried re my risk of being shot in US...

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      1. Mohammed Naim‏ @profmnaim 15 Dec 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande Concept of big people of America.

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