I would think gun cleaning supplies are more dangerous to children than the guns themselves. Those solvents will strip paint from a car and the fumes are toxic. Doctors should be able to ask any question they like and their patients may politely refuse to answer or find a new doctor.
That and a bucket of water....which is kills more young kids than guns...
That’s all well and good if there are lots of doctors available. But since the Pediatric Association has declared that Pediatricians are “ethically” bound to ask about guns, your choices are limited to the few, if any Pediatricians in the entire State that don’t belong to their organization, *or* taking your small child to a GP willing to take small children, and turning down any pediatric referrals.
Yet it raises an unrelated problem. It’s not just about guns, but that anything you tell your physician can no longer be considered private information. That is a huge loss of right and privilege.
So the greater question is what else may your physician ask you that you should refuse to answer as it may harm you if that information is known? And how about things a pediatric doctor asks your child?
“Have your parents ever given you a spanking? Did they spank you on your pants, or on your bare bottom? Did they use their hand or hit you with something? Did it hurt and did you cry? Do you think they were wrong for ‘beating’ you?”
While it may be justified for a doctor to ask these questions, do you really want a Child Welfare Agency person to know these answers? How about an insurance company or a police agency?