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My final is today! Hopefully then I will be done with statistics!

Mikeymedic, I disagree that this needs to be shut down. When I started it I was concerned that it was going to turn into a screaming match between sides but I am impressed by the members of the City and it has been kept very civil and very productive. I don't think anyone will ever convince the other side to change their views, but that is not what this country is about. We are about compromising and coming to an agreement with the other side to come up with a plan that is not perfect but represents as many as possible (though I think our govt has forgotten about this). Bullets, you only site what happens in a very limited portion of one of the more progressive states (PA). Do you really think there are such regulations in more conservative states? The problem with a lot of these arguments from the pro-gun side (as a whole, not on an individual basis as our members here have shown) is that they see it as black or white. You either want to allow my guns or you want to take them all away. I think there are very few that want to take away ALL guns (yes, there are some). I don't think that is reasonable or constitutional. There are some weapons that anyone outside of the military just has no need for. We can regulate cars relatively easily and they have a function other than killing. Why can't the same be done for guns. The problem with registering is the fact that we have gone without it for so long and no politician is looking beyond the next four years. If we start a registry now, decades from now, I think most guns would be registered. It just takes time. Background checks may be superficial, but they can be done. There is no reason a legitimate dealer can't find out if someone has a felony conviction. Any felonies, sorry, no gun for you. There is also no reason there can't be a similar registry of people with a history of violence. The database doesn't need to contain the details just a simple, "This person has a violence related conviction/hospital stay, they get no gun." We have a sex offender database that offers lots of details , why can't something similar be done for violent individuals? No solution is going to be perfect but there are ways to minimize the gun related morbidity and mortality.

But taking away the guns is the easiest route. The rest costs a shit load of money and with this Sequester, "aint nobody got time for that"!!!!!!!

I have typically folded the wheelchairs and placed them by the captains chair or between the bench seat and the stretcher (buckled in). I realize this is probably the "wrong" answer, but in all honestly, in this situation, I simply wouldn't take the wheelchair, and would not go out of my way to arrange transport for the wheelchair after the pt had become physically and verbally abusive towards me. I also know that the director of my company would support me in this decision (especially with the frequent flyer we have that I'm thinking of). We will take him if he wants to go, but if we cannot transport the wheelchair then he will have to go without it, or stay home. Was he acutely ill? Why did he want the wheelchair this time, when the walker has sufficed in the past?