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california doesn t have that but it does become a question of does society pay for this, does the hospital or the family in this case. right. and it s a very interesting point. dr. gardere, who do you think should be ultimately responsible for making the decision to cut off life support? well, again, holly s correct. when we look at the dnr, do not resuscitate, that s one of the ways that the patient actually gives the executive decision to someone who they trust. but at the end of the day all the ethicists have said if the patient is brain dead, the physician does have the right to say that the patient is dead and we don t have to give any more help. but if the patient is not going to get better and they continue to live and they continue to have a beating heart, then the family are the other ones who can give the executive decision as to what happens. you can keep treating, treating,
i don t think that s what will work. what s your reaction? we don t deal with gun control specifically, but i can tell you we do a lot of work on incarceration. we know we as a society pay to incarcerate people who perpetrate gun violence. there are plenty of people in prison who are not criminals, who were caught up in emotion and the only crime they ever committed was a crime of passion. you know, if there hadn t been a gun present, if they weren t able to have access to a gun, it s hard to say. to say that it s an individual right is to ignore there s a huge social cost for all of us, not just in terms of victimization, but for instance, the cost of incarceration. we really need to look at this with a broader lens. assault weapons ban, some are saying it didn t work in 94 as lapierre is saying, and that s because manufacturers were able to tweak features on the gun to