Debate simmers over doctors asking about guns

hamptonroads.com ^ | February 9, 2013 | Amy Jeter

[doorgunner69]

she cites the group's statistics showing that firearms in homes are more likely to harm family members or friends

I believe that comes from an infamous Handgun Control Inc. talking points handout that specifically said "Four times as likely...."

Sounds like the questionaire has watered down the bullsh!t a touch........

[mriguy67]

i have a grease gun,a caulking gun, a nail gun, probabaly a few squirt guns,................

[mriguy67]

i have a grease gun,a caulking gun, a nail gun, probabaly a few squirt guns,................

[doorgunner69]

I may be wrong about that, but I think this mechanism is already in place, and is not waiting for obamacare to kick in.

I believe you are right, but it might predate Obungacare by just a bit, or at least the framework.

My old GP was retiring, and he told me one of the reasons he was sick of it all was the requirement crap had to now be filed electronically. That was about 2009, so maybe he knew what was coming.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“Where do these stats come from?”
If you get a chance to read John Lotts book, “more guns less crime” there is a very careful explanation of where they gin up the numbers from. The short version is that they lump every instance of “shooting” together, including suicides to manipulate the statistics.
The gun grabbers are very creative in ginning up numbers, much the same as DemonRATs are in creating “facts”.

[Slings and Arrows]

I want to hire your architect.

[Secret Agent Man]

answer: i don’t discuss my personal security requirements with folks that don’t have a need to know.

and then i would bring out my own checklist of intimate probing questions i’d ask the doctor to answer. and see how they would enjoy that.

[Oztrich Boy]

Exactly. They are Apothecaries, not Elf Safety Officers.

[cynwoody]

Doctors are agents of the federal government now.

Doctors are service providers. Like the kid at the McD drive-thru.

If they forget their place, then they need to be fired, the USA, the sheeple, and the Electoral College be damned. Just as Mittens said. And the more management time wasted sorting out the rhubarb, the better!

[elcid1970]

“A person that is asking questions they have no business asking and sticking their nose where it does not belong - CANNOT BE LIED TO. Anything you choose to say is perfectly acceptable.”

Words to live by, sir! Couldn’t agree more.

;^)

[lwoodham]

If my doctor ever even says the word gun around me I will fire her summarily on the spot. It is no one’s business and I mean NO ONE about whether or not I own a gun. That is my right whether I exercise it or not. That right is guaranteed under the 2nd amendment to the Constitution period and it could not be worded any clearer. It’s not open to interpretation.

[300winmag]

Possible repsonses”

Possible #4: "No, but can you get me some?" :)

Let them figure out how to code that into their data entry screen. Mockery and humiliation can go a long way.

[SatinDoll]

“Why doesn’t this administration trust veterans?”

Because most veterans, of which I am one, are honorable with a no nonsense attitude toward Marxist/Leninist bullshit. We recognize a domestic enemy when we see one.

For people like BHO2, we inhabit his nightmares.

[Ezekiel]

If the reason [for the nosy questions] is as the do-gooder doctors claim, then they are admitted liars (or too stoopid to understand what the problem is)... a red flag to warn of whom they truly answer to (certainly not the patient), and to warn of incompetence.

That’s because they don’t need to collect data on individual patients to dole out their unsolicited “safety” advice. All they’d have to say is, “And if you own or plan to own firearms, remember to [blah blah blah]...”

Annoying, but at least it would actually be the idiotic “safety lesson” that they are claiming to dispense, not a line of questioning of dubious intent.

[metesky]

“Why no, Doc, I don’t. Say, do you have any sex toys around your house?”

[metesky]

I should’a scrolled...

[BobL]

I’ll repeat what I’ve said in the past: If asked by a doctor whether you have guns, you need to give A POLITE NO as your answer.

Anything else gets you on another list, that, very easily, can be turned over to the government.

[Adder]

Doctors said they document whether a patient’s home has a firearm in the medical record, but that the file is protected by privacy laws.

Horsecrap. There are so many exemptions the only ones who can’t see it are you and your wife....

[BobL]

“The overwhelming majority of doctors do not want to be Obama’s gun grabbing spy deputies.”

I might agree with doctors overall, but not pediatricians. They were practically state agents even before Obamacare.

[Red in Blue PA]

Doc, every bit of my home is constructed entirely of lethal weapons, knives, swords, crossbows, cannons, there's a tank in the garage and I'm rebuilding an Apache helicopter in my backyard. Every door handle is a fully functional .45.

Off to the psychiatric ward for you. Even making a JOKE about weapons is considered insane to the left.