[MedNole]

I'm not sure if any of you have been following this case, but it involved a law passed in Florida last year which prevented doctors from asking their patients about gun ownership. Doctors argued that as part of a medical screening exam they ask about everything from swimming pools, seat belts, bike safety, guns, etc. to make sure that all appropriate safety measures were being taken. They argued that that they have free speech like anyone else, and if the patient/parent doesn't like it, then they are free to go elsewhere. The NRA argued that inquiring about firearms is an infringement on the patient's 2nd amendment, and many patients do not have options to seek care from another physician, so therefore the law is necessary. The judge didn't by the NRA argument and ruled that the law is unconstitutional.

[donozark]

First black woman federal judge in FL. Appointed in 2003 by GW Bush. Per Wiki

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

“...they ask about everything from swimming pools, seat belts, bike safety, guns, etc. to make sure that all appropriate safety measures were being taken.”

It is not my physician’s job to make sure I’m safe, it is his job to heal me when I’m not safe.

[VeniVidiVici]

This becomes even more relevant with the coming of socialized medicine.

[samtheman]

And if I have a gun and say I don’t? To my DOCTOR??? Did I just break a law? To my DOCTOR???

[mdmathis6]

I think you just keep the focus squarely about ones health and keep the conversations squarely on those issues and if the doctor gets a bit pushy you start asking the doctor about his house and pool and guns...after all one can argue that a doctor’s ability to practise medicine may be affected by his inability to keep his own house hold safe and in order!

[tacticalogic]

Imagine the reaction if your doctors started asking if you own any hoodies.

[GnL]

“Mr. GnL, do you have a gun in your home?”

“No, doc, I have many guns. I have an arsenal so large it would scare the bejeezus out of you.”

[Adder]

You can tell your physician like I tell mine: MYOB.

It ain’t his job. The government made it his job.See the new zerocare law which authorizes such “wellness screenings”. While they have been pushing this type of crap in wellness screenings for years, the gummint is now wanting the info in your emr. Scru ‘em.

[MrB]

My last visit to a Dr...

“OK, I’ll answer your seatbelt question, but don’t ask about anything else.”

[G Larry]

The only Dr. that should care about my association with firearms is my audiologist....and she’s my wife, who has her own collection of firearms.

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[Oberon]

Now that Obamacare is in force, it’s entirely possible that the Federal government could have regular access to your medical records. Any answer to such firearms-related questions would be logged in said records, and therefore accessible by the Feds.

[GregoTX]

I went to a doctor last week, and when filling out my usual paperwork that asked insurance and medical questions a gun question was in there. I think the question was: Do you have a gun in you home that may be accessible to children. My answer to that one and all the non relevant questions was "Non of your business",but I was certainly surprised to see a gun ownership question on a medical form.

I guess someday we will look back at how gun ownership was a freedom and not a healthcare issue.

[ScottinVA]

No worries... the Supremes will set this right...

Or not.

[Pollster1]

No doctor will ask this question of my children; it is none of their business. Any doctor who attempts to ask will be cut off immediately and informed that his job is to deal with illness. So far, none of my doctors have been liberal Nazis who would ask that question, except with respect to encouraging children to enjoy hunting season.

[Dick Vomer]

I’m in Texas and I assume every patient has a gun. Or they’re from California, New England or pussies.... which opens them up for other risk factors.

[Raven6]

My 7 year old son fully understands the 2nd Amendment and the purpose behind it. I have also taught him not to lie... But, after explaning the whole anti-gun crowd to him and why such questions about guns would be asked by his pediatrician, we formulated this standard response should the doctor ask such a question: "Are you kidding me? Those things are dangerous..."

And he can give that answer in a performance that is deserving of an Academy Award. It imediately causes the doctor to cease any further inquiries as to what dangers are in the home...

[Wonder Warthog]

"Doctors argued that as part of a medical screening exam they ask about everything from swimming pools, seat belts, bike safety, guns, etc. to make sure that all appropriate safety measures were being taken. They argued that that they have free speech like anyone else, and if the patient/parent doesn't like it, then they are free to go elsewhere.

I have yet to have ANY physician ask me about ANY of those topics. And if one ever does, my response will be "that is NOYFB" and walk out.

[SaraJohnson]

People are going to have to learn to shut their big mouths now that we live in a communist country.

Doctors now report everything they know about you to Washington. Since our elite are trying to do to us, everything that Britian does to it’s people, I imagine public schools are collecting inappropriate, private information on parents shared by students.

NRA should run a ‘zip it’ campaign to educate people about government spies and agents. Just because a doctor asks you a nosey question, does not mean you have to answer it. If they insist you answer inappropriate questions and threaten to withhold care if you do not privide it, there is nothing wrong with providing information in a way that protects your privacy - lying.

Also, it does not serve the public for communists to collect information on the pulic through prying surveys because they use that information to manipulate the public. Children, espeically should not be filling out inappropriate school surveys.

[CodeToad]

I was asked that question. I responded by asking a rather nasty personal question about sodomizing his wife and said, “Hey, as long as we are asking inappropriate and personal questions we have no business asking. By the way, you’re fired”, and walked out. Never went back.

FR had alerte me that this question was circulating doctor’s offices so I had that question in mind when I needed to go see the doc.