As much as I despise gun control laws, I don't see a problem with this. The doctors aren't trying to be politically corect gun grabbers. They want to help parents to be aware of fire arms safety so the doctor doesn't have to work on the kids in the ER because someone wasn't practicing good fire arms safety in their home. Most people are responsible, but some may be ignorant things that would reduce the likelihood of their kids getting hurt by accident. The doctors are only trying to prevent harm and aren't out to take away anyone's guns. It's like asking if the cleaning chemicals are safely stored or if perscription medication is sitting out in the open where little kids might get a hold of it. Things like that.
Maybe they can change the way they approach the issue. Instead of asking, "Do you have guns?" what if they instead said, "And please remember, in the event you have guns, to handle them safely." I think that would go over better.
Since the origin of the question was with an anti-gun physicians group, they ARE "being politically incorrect", or accomplices to that.
If ANY physician ever asks me that question, I will tell them it's none of their damned business, immediately leave their office, and find another practicioner.
Thus far, no doctor ever has (my primary care physician has lots of "Outdoor Life" and similar hunting mags in his wating room).
When will the NRA be able to prescribe extra strength hydrocortisone for people who have itchy trigger fingers?
Uh huh. What was it Hillary said? "We will take things away from you for the common good."
And don't forget "If it will save just one life...".
Sorry, but you need to do more research.
If the interest was to save prevent harm, this can be done with a handout, no questions asked. There is no need to record the information if it is just about safety. And, like smoking, the questions are commonly unrelated to the problem at hand.
I have endured the antitobacco lecture, only to request that the doctor quit yapping about cigarettes and take a look at my injured leg. At 90 bucks for 15 minutes, I don't want to waste a chunk of that expensive time on unrelated data gathering to support someone's political agenda.
>The doctors aren't trying to be politically corect gun grabbers.
You are wrong here. I read the safty sheet from APA handed out with the survey. It had anti-gun lies in it trying to trick people into thinking guns are more likely to do harm then do good. The "factoid" didn't even make sense. I was something along the lines of a gun is 'More likely to hurt a loved one than kill an intruder' (When the relevant statistic SHOULD be 'hurt a loved one vs. protect a loved one.') Maybe someone saw it and can quote it. It was really an amazingly irrational factoid.
naive, 2. having or showing a lack of experience, judgment or information
In Oregon the health care providers report this information to the state government.
See this: "The AMA's Epidemic of Deceit"
http://www.claremont.org/projects/doctors/010628wheeler.html
Until they (reluctantly or willingly) turn over said records to the gun-grabbing police.
What with the democRATs constantly wailing the siren song of "free" government health care, you can bet that they can pull off a real coup in disarming the public with those doctors' records.