“I don’t like to lie, but saying “N/A” or “none of your business” calls attention to yourself, and refusing the truth to a tyrannical government is not really morally culpable, I don’t think.”
A Freeper on a previous thread made a comment on how to respond to doctors asking about having guns in the home to which I fully agree.
“Doctor, I do not discuss my personal or family security measures with anyone other than family members.”
If a doctor presses me, then I will assert my rights under the Fourth Amendment: “The right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
The doctor will have to show me a Law Enforcement Officer’s Badge and a Warrant for his “unreasonable search.”
In Minnesota I had resorted to outright lying.
“Are there any guns in your home?”
“No! Guns are bad.”
Living up there was like living in a place that started to resemble someplace in Eastern Europe a few decades ago. Expected behavior was acting like a moonbat, hating Bush, supporting JF Kerry, and worshipping Obama. And that was the act to pass through the doctor’s office.
The good thing is I am now back in Texas. No doctor here has asked me any of those inane questions. I even had a Houston cop recommend an indoor range.