To: Ancesthntr
[your doctor is] not a law enforcement officialNot so fast.
In 1998:
... the Supreme Court ruled that a single false statement to a federal agent, including a simple "no" to an accusation, can be punished as a crime.
The law makes it a crime to utter "any false statement" to a federal agent, and "the word 'no' in response to a question assuredly makes a 'statement,'" said Justice Antonin Scalia for the 7-2 majority.
(excerpt from The Los Angeles Times)
I'd like to think you're correct. But, I don't know how the law is worded and, technically, anyone acting with the authority of the federal government could be considered a "federal agent."
These are perilous times. Those who favor dismantling (rather than repealing) the Second Amendment would be wise to consider that, in doing so, theyre inviting similar unlawful erosion of our First and Fourth Amendment rights in the foreseeable future. If they think that cant happen, they dont know human nature, history, and why the Bill of Rights was ratified in the first place.
42 posted on
01/16/2013 3:04:47 PM PST by
newgeezer
(It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
To: newgeezer
Don't talk to the PoPos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
51 posted on
01/16/2013 3:16:07 PM PST by
Paladin2
To: newgeezer
Thanks for your concern, but I believe that to be a “federal agent” one must be employed by the feds, or be a contractor for the feds. Someone who simply reports information to them - like an accountant or a doctor - is not a federal agent. If so, then every employer in the country would be a federal agent by dint of reporting their employees’ wages to the IRS.
Anyhow, I will not disclose the ownership of any item of my property to any person who does not have a need to know - with ME being the person who determines the “need to know.”
63 posted on
01/16/2013 4:38:52 PM PST by
Ancesthntr
(Banning guns to prevent crime is like banning cars to prevent drunk driving.)
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