[Potowmack]

Bullbleep--any self-respecting gun-owning parent already knows this FAR better than any physician (unless the physician is also a gun-owning parent). There is NO reason for ANY physician EVER to ask this question.

There are a lot of gun-owners out there who don't practice adequate gun safety.

I'm really not sure why there needs to be a government solution to this problem. Like I said, if a doctor is too nosy, get another doctor.

[Wonder Warthog]

"There are a lot of gun-owners out there who don't practice adequate gun safety."

It depends on who defines gun safety. My parents owned guns. Those guns were ALWAYS loaded, and openly available at any time to any member of the family. THEY defined "gun safety" as "teaching their children proper gun-handling and safety procedures". NOT as the physicians typically recommend--keep all guns locked up with the ammunition locked up separately.

But you can bet if I or any of my siblings had displayed any irresponsibility that the guns would have been "made safe".