"Regardless of what you think about gun accessibility, I think the focus needs to be on education, rather than restriction." Absolutely true.

I've had two veterans tell me they'd rather get shot again than get kidney stones again.  One was a relatively clean leg shot, and the other guy was shot in the gut when he wasn't wearing his armor.  I also had a nurse tell me kidney stones were worse than childbirth.  So I'm pretty sure kidney stones are the 10 on the pain scale.

I'm a maxillofacial surgeon in Brazil, and i've seen some bullet wounds
I remember this guy that got shot in the nose, and the bullet split his hard palate in half.
His premolar was inside his cheek
His tongue was split too, and the bullet was under it
He lost a lot of teeth, and a looot of bone structure

And one of the things i remember the most was his face before the surgery. He was so..... so... so calm...
And the entry hole looked like a small hole

I'm also a legal gun owner, and I also agree that prohibition doesn't solve it, specially since most people that get wounded here in brazil are wounded by criminals with illegal guns, and not legal ones

Just here for those who forget that Dr Chris is a Canadian and as such his ability to own is vastly different than our ability to own here in the US.

I was always told never to pick up a firearm in anger. Think first. And know all action have consequences.

I've always been amazed at how much damage someone can endure like being shot 35 times, but a microscopic virus or bacteria can take you out real quick

Dad caught a round in the knee flying in Vietnam. He lucked out though and recovered fine. He did not care for the experience. And did not like anyone touching the area.

respect for not trying to cover up where gun crime occurs

Just remember “Johns Hopkins study suggests medical errors are third-leading cause of death in U.S.”

When my mom was beaten with a gun the ER doctor told her that such a thing is actually initially more painful due to shock from being shot. For context the gun and being beaten with it caused her nose and the side of her face to be broken and her jaw to be dislocated. She did say that the worst pain she has ever experienced was when they had to do an emergency c-section to get me out of her and were unable to give her anything for pain due to the risk of her hypertension becoming life threatening. I imagine being cut open with nothing for pain would be... unpleasant. As would being beaten with a pistol...

EDIT: My mom was 21 at the time; shes 59 now and still feels the effects of both of these things to this day... And she wasn't actually shot just beaten with a gun... so yeah... This stuff affects someones life FOREVER.

The pain of being shat indeed.

The human body can do remarkable things even when shot. I talked to a medic who had a guy in Iraq or Afghanistan (One of the two) that got shot in the neck and the bullet exited is butt. Besides stitches and minor surgery the guy was fine. Absolutely bonkers.

Hell he even witnessed a patient who was blown in half by an IED, and yet the patient was having a completely normal conversation, like you and I would have even though he had ZERO blood pressure. Again, absolutely bonkers.

Ive been shot and I would put the pain at a 4 as I was able to call 911 for myself and walked myself into the hospital while talking with the sheriff about what happened

It’s much harder to get a gun than a license.

A colleague and friend of mine was doing some training to be a close-protection specialist (a bodyguard).  We live in Canada, but his training was across the river in Detroit, at some club that was hosting a radio-station event.  A young man had been booted from the club, and my friend had spotted the suspect vehicle coming back up the alley a short time later.  Except the shooter wasn't in it, he was following behind, and ambushed them.  He was shot in the leg with a Tec 9, and he said there was a tonne of blood.  Was pretty touch and go for a bit, but he made it through, and made it through the US health care system as a Canadian.  Still unfortunately has a lot of mobility issues to this day, 16-ish years later.  And the shooter was never caught.

Your videos are edited so well! The little clips and very funny and informative. Fantastic job.

I was shot multiple times on my last combat deployment that left me with with a leg missing below the knee, my right toes gone, and paralysis.  By far the worst one were the rounds I took to my left leg. I thought I had lost my foot and the pain was so incredibly bad due to the neurological damage. I honestly hadn't even realized I had been hit in my leg due to how intensely the pain in my foot was eventhough no damage to my foot had occurred.  With all this being said though, the nerve pain post injuries are FAR worse. If I had not been given ketamine during recovery, I wouldn't have been able to stay sane today. Nerve pain flares are like electric lava all over me. It's awful.

got hit with a 9mm jacketed hollow point to the neck went through my back molars and shattered my jaw just had a fibia flap on my mandible it happened last may for me it didn’t hurt at all just felt like a rock hit me like one fast ass rock but you will forsure feel the healing process and man it can get rough but god got me through it hallelujah 🙏🏿💯

Good message Doc.

An excellent video as always Dr. Raynor. You bring up many good points but I would like to add one or two.
I am a Veteran and a Texas Citizen and from my experiences in civilian life, an armed society is a polite society. I've never seen someone get out of their car in road rage, never seen someone start a fight in a store or even start a protracted yelling match. I attribute this to the fact that you simply cannot know if the other person is armed or how they will react.
Towards the end of your video you touched on the criminal aspect of this violence, and while I agree on your points I would like to add one more. We need to start going after the gangs! The more these gangs are allowed to go on operating, the more innocents are going to get caught in the crossfire; and it certainly doesn't help that the culture of today glamorizes such activities and organizations. I think that education on this as well as mental health is paramount, but in tandem with swift justice. There was a time not too long ago where someone wouldn't dare carry out such senseless acts and it is my solemn belief that it is because they knew that it would lead to capital punishment. I know it is a scary idea to go back to that but whoever reads this, I would like to sincerely ask you to take into the consideration who these criminals hurt. If someone took your child's life in a drive by shooting, would it not be justice for them to pay the price for that beautiful child?
if we disagree on some things, please feel free to comment and lets have a dialogue. That's the only way we can work out these problems is by talking about it.
Much Love!