With infamous Willie Sutton -
at least we saw the gun 
John G. Kilburn
Willie Sutton, 1901-1980, usually packed a gun, (which
he never used in roughly 100 robberies netting about $2
million), either a pistol or a Thompson submachine gun
 Y ou can t rob a bank on charm and personality . Yet,
with the recent sub-prime economic fleecing of
AMERICANS, Willie might have underestimated today s
unrepentant white collar  thieves. Transversely, in today s
world seldom can you protect yourself, family, home, etc.,
Diabetes And Weight Gain: with only charm and personality . Consider the liability of using firearms for protection. As
Breaking The Cycle a former U.S. Marine and hunter I m often drawn in that direction for security. Consider the deterrent of a shotgun
(NAPSI)-When it comes to treating the weight gain blast of #6 birdshot to an intruder s backside. That was
associated with type 2 diabetes, there may be a until I read of our liberal courts prosecuting people who
communication gap between physicians and patients. have used firearms for protection. In some cases the
Almost all physicians say they tell overweight patients victims were jailed and forced to pay for injuries to the
to lose weight, but just over half of patients with type 2 criminals. We, the holders of much of the wealth of our nation are
diabetes say the discussion is taking place, according to a becoming larger targets. Drugs of all varieties are fueling
new survey recently announced by the Behavioral a new and growing population of have-nots with addled
Diabetes Institute. minds and no scruples.
According to the survey, eight in 10 physicians say As has been said, The best defense is a good offense .
they discuss weight issues with their patients, yet only For our protection it is time to look to non-lethal but
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discussion. This is a dangerous precedent, as more than 7 that will render an attacker unable to pursue their
percent of the U.S. population has type 2 diabetes and objective.
more than 60 million Americans are obese. ABOUT THE AUTHOR; John G. Kilburn, former
"Every day, more evidence is found linking type 2 Firefighter and Administrator has been dealing with public
diabetes and weight gain, and the communications safety and security for several decades. Kilburn can be
disconnect between physicians and patients can make located on the web at: www.primesecurityproducts.com or e-mail: ptipanels@yahoo.com
weight loss efforts even more difficult and frustrating than
they already are," said William Polonsky, Ph.D., CDE,
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