[mojitojoe]

Oh I’m not. I just can’t believe they asked that. Did you answer? I would say none of your damn business. Since you posted that I asked everyone on my email list, friends, work associates, not a one of them had ever been asked or ever heard of it. I don’t have an HMO.

[upstanding]

Interesting. And heartening that it's not as widespread as I thought.

I noticed that also "Fred Hayek" mentioned it earlier in the thread. He's in Minnesota, my physicians are unfortunately in urban and extremelt leftist northern Virginia. Hayek: are you in an HMO, too? Is the gun ownership question pretty standard in your area?

FYI... I just found some articles on the matter:

http://www.claremont.org/projects/projectid.12/project_detail.asp

http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel070501.shtml

http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/12/18/my-doctor-wanted-to-know-if-im-a-gun-owner/

http://www.gunblast.com/Gun_Grabbers_AMA.htm

I've always answered, "that's nobody's business." My regular physician as well as the kids' pediatrician both seemed to understand fully that it crosses the line.