Doctors are in a position of authority over their patients, especially children. To ask if their parents have guns in the home, and to record it in data bases available to the government, is a violation of that authority.
All well and good, but what other issues exist that we might want to circumscribe as topics for discussions by doctors with their patients? The list could probably fill a volume or two.
Pediatricians should ask parents if they had an abortion in the past as that is an indicator that they are bad parents.
Then, let’s see what the liberals say!
Doctors previously would hand out pamphlets to patients that covered topics such as safety in the home, etc.
If I were asked this question by my doctor, instead of answering, I’d ask him about the contents of his liquor cabinet.
That should pretty much change the subject as well as make a point that his question was a bit over the top.
ERRRR... Just wondering. How many of the “no” votes on the law were cast by FL congressional members which were backed by the NRA in the last election, hmmmmmm?
The doctors should be allowed to ask the question of adults. I, of course, reserve the right to lie to them, or to tell to go f*** themselves.
There is a way to ask the question without violating the patient’s right to privacy. I have used it in my practice for over 30 years. It goes like this, “If there are firearms in the home, are the adults familiar with safe storage and handling?” A yes answer can mean the adults are familiar with gun safety regardless if there are guns or not. Usually, people who don’t own guns answer, “We don’t have any guns.” No one has ever said, “I leave my loaded guns lying around on the coffee table for the kids to play with.”
Either way, what gets recorded in the medical records is, “Firearm safety in the home discussed with patient.”
The folks who are on the wrong side of this issue are not interested in teaching gun safety and never espoused anything different from that. Their agenda is quite the opposite and they're furious that the agenda has been stymied in the manner that it has. I'll hazard guess that any financial resources to fight this (the will of the people) could be traced back to somebody like Bloomberg or Soros. Wanna bet?
>> To ask if their parents have guns in the home, and to record it in data bases available to the government, is a violation of that authority.
No one should be restricted from asking anyone any question. The problem is the govt database.
Once — once — I had a doctor ask me about gun ownership. I replied by telling him I was going out to his waiting room to start giving-out medical advice, since I was as qualified about medicine as he was about guns. Never heard another word.