Posted on 06/25/2014 1:14:16 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
The right to carry a concealed weapon only exists if your doctor says so. Many states are requiring that physicians certify whether patients are competent to carry a concealed weapon. Some states require mandatory reporting of those deemed not competent to carry a concealed weapon. Of course, the natural extension of such laws is that if the doctors make an inappropriate determination, then the doctors can be held liable if the certifiee does something inappropriate with the weapon.
Then again, I’ve heard colleagues threaten that if they’re required to report people, they’re just going to make anonymous certifications that every police officer they see is not capable of carrying a concealed weapon, then forward them to the state using USPS Delivery Confirmation to prove that the reports were received.
We really shouldn’t stop at physician certifications of competency for gun ownership. We should expand the physician certification to encompass other areas in which people could be potentially harmed. For example, physician determination of competency should be required for positions such as judges, CEOs, prosecutors, and anyone who comes into contact with a child. Dammit, we need to protect the children.
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Ping!
And all politicians, especially presidents. No way would Hussein pass a psychological exam, no way.
Barky once had a brain exam. It came back negative.
--would like to see a list of these states--
Me too.
me too. my chiropractor and her husband carry and my doctor and her assistant are gun owners. and i know my dentist is conservative.
I will no longer submit to anything that every single local, state and government official, elected and appointed, have submitted to first. Period...
have submitted = haven’t submitted
(Keep the man from the gun, not the gun from the man.}
I’ve said for many years that anyone who cannot be trusted to carry a weapon should not be running around loose.
Excellent!
You know that discussion took place.
Oh yes.
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