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Florida doctors defend right to discuss guns with patients
reuters ^
| June 6, 2011
| Terry Baynes
Posted on 06/06/2011 5:28:16 PM PDT by PROCON
(Reuters) - A group of Florida physicians filed a federal lawsuit on Monday seeking to overturn a new state law that limits doctors' ability to ask patients about guns in the home.
The lawsuit, filed in Miami federal court, says the new law is an unconstitutional ban on physicians' free speech and prevents them from counseling patients on firearm safety.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; 2ndammendment; banglist; democrats; florida; liberalfascism; liberals; lossoflicense; nannystate; progressives; secondamendment; suspendtheirlicenses
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Doctors have NO business, asking this question!
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:28:19 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: marktwain; mylife
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:29:02 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Liberals Mistake Education and Knowledge for Wisdom and Common Sense.)
To: PROCON
It has nothing to do about safety, and everything to do about control.
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:31:15 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(SEAL SIX makes me proud to have been playing SOCOM since 2003.)
To: PROCON
“Doctors have NO business asking this question”
Unless the doctor has to surgically remove a firearm from your butt, then he should keep his mouth shut about firearm safety. IMHO
To: PROCON
effffyou Doc...
my guns are MY BUSINESS.....(unless I want to discuss them)
ps I told my Doc I would take him to my range this spring summer...he does not like going to public ranges.
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:32:58 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: PROCON
I’d ask “Why, am I allergic to gun oil?”
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:33:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: PROCON
I know a doctor in a nameless Southern state who will be happy to discuss guns with you, starting with his WW2 submachinegun collection.
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:33:08 PM PDT
by
EricT.
(Is a country that would re-elect Barrack Hussein Obama really worth saving?)
To: momtothree
Unless the doctor has to surgically remove a firearm from your buttI think that would hurt worse than a bullet..:=)
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:33:46 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Liberals Mistake Education and Knowledge for Wisdom and Common Sense.)
To: EricT.
Our doctor packs at his office.
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:34:49 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I wear my sunglasses at night.)
To: EricT.
I know a doctor in a nameless Southern state who will be happy to discuss guns with you, starting with his WW2 submachinegun collection. I discuss guns with doctors and dentists all the time. There's quite a few shooting benchrest.
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:34:57 PM PDT
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: EricT.
To: PROCON
Yikes, my doctor and I spent 30 minutes out of a 15 minute checkup appointment comparing our gun collections. Turns out, we have very similar tastes in handguns.
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:37:44 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
("the Internet is the predator's venue of choice today"--Anthony Weiner)
To: JulieRNR21; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; summer; Goldwater Girl; windchime; ...
Heh. My dermatologist was telling me just yesterday about the Sig 556 he bought, because he "likes Sigs". "Nice rifle", I told him, "But I prefer the AR15 series for the 5.56x45mm due to their widespread use and parts availability." He hadn't considered that.
It's nice to know that not all docs in the Sunshine State are buying the BS.
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:38:08 PM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: PROCON
Pass a law requiring them to disclose any and all malpractice lawsuits filed against them. See how well they like that.
To: PROCON
Uh huh. And the names won't EVER end up in a centralized gubmint database. Friggin’ gun grabbers...
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:40:54 PM PDT
by
50cal Smokepole
(Effective gun control involves effective recoil management)
To: PROCON
I’m actually slightly - very slightly - against this law.
Why?
Because I’d want to know if my doctor was a left wing idiot. I’d change doctors immediately. So would many other patients.
Buh bye practice...
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:42:00 PM PDT
by
piytar
(Obama opposed every tool used to get Osama. So of course he gets the credit. /hurl)
To: PROCON
“I think that would hurt worse than a bullet”.
After I wrote that and posted it, I thought if a doctor had to remove a gun from your butt then maybe you did need a gun safety talk! LOL!
To: PROCON
If I go to a doctor I pretty much agree that he can ask me any question he likes. He may not like my answer and I might tell him it’s none of his business and I might also fire him. That’s my right.
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:43:49 PM PDT
by
rhombus
To: PROCON
I like to point out to the good doctor that in for 2007 there were 730 accidental gun deaths in the U.S.A. For the same period there were over 98,000 accidental medical deaths. I then point out that my risk for death is 134 time greater, just sitting in his office than it would be sitting in a home with a firearm, and that I would rather discuss what he is doing to make his office safer.
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:44:58 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: PROCON
So now invasive questions regarding a legal activity that has absolutely no bearing or relevance on the immediate health concerns of the patient is now considered constitutionally protected free speech by some lawyer.
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posted on
06/06/2011 5:45:11 PM PDT
by
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