Lie and say no.
Doctors are agents of the government now.
I have my official doctor, and my doctor and pharmacy who has my name, but otherwise incorrect information whom I use for anything I don’t want on my records. Pay by pre-paid credit card. (NO, I not doctor shopping. I’m actually honest to this doctor.)
If he persisted, I'd just say - "I decline to answer that question" and answer the question by not answering it, so both of us would be satisfied.
Ask the doctor for his personal telephone number and the times that he eats dinner, or sleeps.
When he responds, “That information is not available to you.”
You retort, “Why not?”
He replies, “It irrelevant to our doctor-patient relationship.”
You follow up with, “So is asking if I own a gun.”
You say no, then find another Dr.
I’ll say no with my LCP in my front pocket.
I was asked this question on a form a couple of years back when I was seeing a different doctor. I answered that of course I own many guns. I think I even exaggerated a bit.
NYFB DOC! Is the response to give.
I’ve never been asked. One didn’t have to ask because once I went to see him after an unfortunate incident with some defective Ammunition.
It was just some burns and he thought it was pretty funny
If I was ever asked, my response would be “Next question please.”
“I don’t own a gun because, if I did, I’m afraid I’d be inclined to use it against health care professionals who ask intrusive, irrelevant questions.”
We were assigned a new doctor (new to us, not in age) fifteen years ago or so who asked the kids if there was a gun in the house. Well, duh, this is Texas and daddy’s a LEO. The kids were rolling their eyes and were very pointed with her. Needless to say, we complained and got another doctor.
“Do you own any guns?”
No, I’m a blade man. I find knives much more...satisfying.
The best answer to the doctor or the hospital or the police is always no, IMHO.
Very simple response: Why are you concerned about gun ownership when John Hopkins University estimates that medical error kills 250,000 people a year (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3429657/posts). From a statistical standpoint, we are much safer spending time with people who own guns, then we are with medical professionals.
The question is part of the electronic medical records template per the AMA.
I posted this about six years ago when my VA doctor asked me...Doc, I luv ya, but it’s none of your business.
She is going for her CCW on Saturday.
5.56mm
My doc asks me if I have any new ones and tells me if he’s done any trading. That is if we’re not talking motorcycles instesd.
When my GD was about 10 y/o, the pediatrician asked her, if there were guns in the house. We never rehearsed an answer with her, for such a situation. For a kid, I thought her answer was perfect for someone her age; she said “Not that I noticed.”
Afterwards, when she told us what she had said, she said, when he asked, she thought and was worried that someone might come and take away her Red Ryder, that she had just got for Christmas. Good kid, that one.
Doc: “How many guns do you have?”
Answer: “Not enough.”
Doc: “Why do you have so many guns?”
Answer: “The little voices in my head keep telling me to.”