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Just leave it blank. Say your piece, but do not put it in writing.
I got asked this question at every doctor’s visit during my ten years in Minnesota. I caught on quickly that that I was supposed to act like a beta male pajamaboy. When asked about owning a gun, I would make like I went into a panic at the mere mention of the word.
You’re not under oath and it’s not like you’re being questioned by law enforcement. I came across the question about 15 years ago and left it blank.
An illegitimate questions does not warrant an honest response.
A: (See post 3) No, I do not own a gun.
B: Who in the * wants to know?
Years before 9/11 and Newtown I found out a doc in Cedar Rapids, IA asked my ~12 year old daughter this question during a routine checkup, i.e. “were there guns in the house”. Not being in the examination room, I was about a mile up the road from the doc when I heard this, and was back in a minute.
I had read the AMA was suggesting this practice right here on FR, and was prepared to engage. When the (Female) doc said it was for “home safety” concerns, I fired right back with legal liabilities of looking at selected “home safety” items, but not looking at the deadly chemicals stored under the sink or the slip hazard in the tub, etc. I suggested she was an MD and not a CSP, stick to the physical maladies.
I got some satisfaction that she got the message there was no “up side” to wandering away from medicine into which constitutional amendments I believed in, but who knows if that intrusion stopped or continued.
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This is a Gun
So if you don't have one of these, just say "No"
Lost them all in a tragic boating accident.
The real answer is "STFU and do your job".....but doesn't gain you any friends.
I always answer honestly when asked “Do I own ‘A’ gun?” and that answer is clearly, no.
JoMa
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My doctor owns a gun, do you think he will ask me if I do?
If he did, I’d tell him of course.
My wife finally convinced me to get a doctor, as I will be forced into Medicare next year. Fortunately, there were no gun questions asked.
Stock Answer: I own the authority and accept the responsibility of the 2nd Amendment.
there was a very brief period a few years ago in my neck o’ Colorado that the gun question was being asked along with such questions as “Do you feel safe in your home?”, etc. But that didn’t last long and the gun question got dropped like a hot potato ... I imagine numerous hostile answers contributed to the quick omission ...
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well if some bone headed doctor ask you about your guns, ask the sicko about his or her sex life>
Place a footnote next to the question and at the bottom of the page write the following:
According to the CDC, medical malpractice causes approximate 400,000 preventable deaths per year, which means I am 12 times more likely that I will be killed by a doctor than I will by a gun. If you are truly concerned about my safety and welfare, then the question you should ask is not whether I own a gun — which I don’t — but how many times a year do you seek treatment from a medcial professional.