Actually I don’t see why they cannot ask about firearms.
It’s whether they force the patient to answer that is the issue.
Well, I guess they can always “ask”... LOL.
I will immediately start asking the doctor about how many iatrogenic deaths they have caused, and to list out their sexual histories as I don’t allow folks with herpes or incurable diseases to physicaly touch/examine me.
The patient Can ask “Before I think about answering that, lemme ask- Do you sir own a bat or stick or club or blunt object which could be used to beat your wife with?”
So, you get sued for all you’re worth if you refuse to serve a gay in your business, but the politicians back you if you are a doctor and refuse to see someone who won’t answer a question.
Fascism is here already.
If a person is not under oath, and asked an irrelevant question by someone (not law enforcement), then provide the most non-controversial answer, in this case a simple no, with no further embellishment.
What did the court say about patients telling their doctor to go screw?
They can ask anything they want.... doesn’t mean we have to answer or answer truthfully. “Do you like to skydive? Do you often travel to countries where Ebola is prevalent? Do hang out with filthy liberals?”
A doctor’s 1-Amd right to free speech cannot be trumped by a patient’s 5th-Amd right regarding evidence?
Me no think-so.
Ask away doc!
If a doc asks about guns just lie and and say you don’t believe in guns. ANY other answer will just identify you on a permanent database as a gun owner. My arsenal is nobody’s damn business.
And patients can refuse to answer, they can tell the MD to go fly a kite, and they can change their doctor, as well as post on a website the MD’s name and clinic address and the attempt at invading privacy with inappropriate questions.
Time to find a New Doctor and to tell the old one ##@@%&&**!!!!!
They can ask but they won’t get an answer.
The doctor can ask.Rember “Just say No”as Nancy Reagan used to say.
What guns?
This is more about health insurance companies looking to jack up rates for gun owners than government intrusion.
I’ve only been asked once if there were any firearms in my house on an info form for a new doctor. I simply filled in NOYFB.
The questions about drug use and homo activity I answered as I thought they would actually be pertinent to a patient/doctor relationship.
About a year later it was time to update with a new form and that question had been deleted.
When an individual or some entity asks questions of something that is outside their authority, you have no obligation to answer them, even truthfully. They have lost their right to the truth.
In this case, when a doctor asks a question about your gun ownership, they are asking a question outside of their authority, and they have lost their right to the truth. So, just lie. Tell them no guns in the house.
Who would want to continue seeing a doctor like that? To me if that is his level of reasoning it calls into question his competency in all matters - including medicine.
My family doctor has property we use for an outdoor range, also reloads. When he asks me about guns, it's a lot different. hee hee