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I’m a doctor, and a lifetime NRA member. This legislation bothers me because it is exactly the type of program that we accuse Obamacare of doing... a government intrusion into the patient-physician relationship.

Doctor gun questions are an intrusion into MY privacy...

If it takes a law to shut up a doctor than I’m all for it...

Guns are NOT a decease.

What is the basis of that which entitles doctors to ask about guns in the home in the first place?

If memory serves, the medical profession has been collecting this data since the seventies and though I do not remember who they turned it over to the information did go into a data base.

I’m not suggesting fines for doctors at this point is appropriate. A discontinuation of the practice is.

Sorry...while I agree that the government has no business in a physician-client relationship a physician has no business inquiring about guns in a patient's home nor are most physicians qualified to talk about gun safety. (the two reasons the FMA puts forth in the quoted statement for opposing the bill)

You don't need to know about whether I've got a gun in my home to make a diagnosis regarding my health. Even if I walk into your office with a bullet wound you don't need to know where the gun is (a law enforcement inquiry, not a medical issue) to tell me I've suffered a gunshot wound. If I'm not suffering from a gunshot wound there is no medical basis for the inquiry.

and unless you are certified to teach gun safety you don't need to get into that area either.

So your premise is wrong...there is nothing about an APPROPRIATE physician-patient relationship that this bill touches.

Regards...