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The Joyce Foundation, an organization that loudly speaks out against gun violence and in favor of more gun laws, funded the survey.

Shocking! </sarc>

We've all noticed that these anti-gun articles have been coming out almost daily leading up to the November election.

As far as the topic of the article goes, I personally have never been asked by my doctor about gun ownership.

There are some interesting comments after the article.

1 posted on 08/01/2016 9:02:22 AM PDT by PROCON
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I bring guns to the appointment. My doctor is a shooter and likes discussing them and seeing new items. I’m all for him talking about guns!!


2 posted on 08/01/2016 9:05:45 AM PDT by VideoPaul
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My doctor thinks I have hearing loss because I said “What did you just ask me?


3 posted on 08/01/2016 9:05:52 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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If true, then all that means is that 2/3rds of Americans don’t deserve their freedom. They’re welcome to leave any time they feel like it. The sooner the better.


4 posted on 08/01/2016 9:06:06 AM PDT by Joe Brower (The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
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I would ask if the Doc is in favor of gun dealers writing perscriptions.


5 posted on 08/01/2016 9:06:27 AM PDT by Dan(9698)
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I talk to my dentist all the time about guns. He has a gun safe right in his office. Sold him a pistol once that was promptly lost in a boating accident.


6 posted on 08/01/2016 9:06:39 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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You mean like which guns they like the most?


7 posted on 08/01/2016 9:07:10 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Talk to your healthcare provider about... Guns.


8 posted on 08/01/2016 9:07:38 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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I wonder how OK someone would be with this if they went to the doc with a growth the size of softball growing out of the side of their head, and the doc wanted to spend 10 minutes of their 15 minute appointment time interrogating them about their household ownership of firearms?


9 posted on 08/01/2016 9:08:37 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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As far as the topic of the article goes, I personally have never been asked by my doctor about gun ownership.

I have, it was a couple years back. While filling out the stack of forms in the waiting room, one form had many questions about my home and my habits. A question or two asked about exercise, and others asked questions such as if I had a swimming pool, or do I store noxious chemicals. But somewhere in the middle of the form it asked if I owned any guns or kept any guns in the house.
I drew a big X across the page and wrote "Non Medical Questions" at the top.

10 posted on 08/01/2016 9:09:47 AM PDT by GregoTX
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I have got to admit that I am perfectly okay and fine with my doc telling me about his guns.

It makes me like and respect him more knowing that he likes to hunt, but at the same time he’s not one of these docs that goes across the world to hunt exotic animals, and that’s cool, because I don’t care for that.

But me, I don’t own no guns.


11 posted on 08/01/2016 9:09:53 AM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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“The online survey...” says whatever the people who designed it want it to say, just like any online survey.


12 posted on 08/01/2016 9:11:47 AM PDT by Boogieman
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The doc asks me about guns, I promptly yank out the IV and leave his office.


13 posted on 08/01/2016 9:15:22 AM PDT by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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If you don’t like the doctor get another one.


14 posted on 08/01/2016 9:15:35 AM PDT by Brilliant
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I would ask him if he could recommend a good doctor.


15 posted on 08/01/2016 9:16:07 AM PDT by joshua c (Allah's paradise is full of mass murderers)
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If my family doctor would even mention the word, “gun” or “guns” then the very first thing I would do is that I would find another doctor who would not ask about “gun” or guns”.


17 posted on 08/01/2016 9:19:47 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
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If your doctor brings up firearms, lie. He or she isn’t trying to help you, and no good can come out of any declarations against interest that you might make. Best case, potentially harmful information will end up in a computer database. Worst case, they’ll try to take your guns.


18 posted on 08/01/2016 9:21:31 AM PDT by PAR35
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Two-thirds of Americans okay with docs talking guns

One third ain't buying.

19 posted on 08/01/2016 9:23:28 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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I really don’t see what the problem is here. I believe that it is well within the scope of a pediatrician’s duties to ask parents whether they use a car seat for their kids, whether they have a fence around their swimming pool, whether their kids are exposed to second hand smoke, and yes, whether you keep your guns locked up. If you don’t want to answer, don’t.


20 posted on 08/01/2016 9:23:29 AM PDT by Toliph
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Doc: "Do you own any guns"?

Me: "What is the name and number of your malpractice insurance company? Do they know that you are committing a boundary violation? Please stay on topic concerning only medical issues, or you and I will meet next in an arbitration meeting".

I would be willing to bet you'll NEVER get that question again.

21 posted on 08/01/2016 9:25:03 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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None of my doctors have even breached the topic with me. I’ve been going to them for years, and would be surprised if they’d ever try. But if one ever did, I’d tell them it was none of their damn business.


23 posted on 08/01/2016 9:29:43 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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