[Pravious]

How about “it’s none of your business?” for an answer.

[oldasrocks]

Are you asking about the gun in my back pocket or the one in my shoulder holster?

BTW: My doctor carries too. A relative doctor carries even though she was anti-gun. Now worries about being robbed or kidnapped.

[HotHunt]

The VA did this a couple of years ago when I went in to Urgent Care for some antibiotics to get rid of a persistent chest congestion and cough.

During the triage, the first thing I was asked by the medical provider was not what are your symptoms but instead, "Do you own a gun?"

I was stunned and taken aback. I was in there to get medical treatment for my constant coughing and bronchial congestion and their priority was to find out if I owned any guns?

I politely looked at the provider and replied, "That's none of your business."

They replied that is was a new priority with the VA system and they were required to ask the question.

I replied that they had asked their question, now they should get on to doing their job of treating the medical issue I had.

No one at the VA has ever asked me that question about owning a gun again. I'm sure most veterans replied the same as I did, probably in a less polite way than I did.

Doctors should treat their patients' medical symptoms and not be involved in political issues like gun control.

[GailA]

Unless you are in the business of pulling my DMV records it is NONE of your business if I own or know how to use a GUN.

We were taught in our CCW class run by retired LEO all safety measures, and to empty the clip and make sure the Perp was DOA. You will be sued by their family anyway, and home owner’s ins covers that if they are breaking into your home.

My DOC forms get a lot of N/A.

[bigbob]

I would add one word otherwise that’s perfect

[Mastador1]

Just ask the Doc to answer your question “Have you stopped beating your wife?” first. An intelligent person will get the message, one that keeps pushing is probably not the Doc for you.

[vigilence]

I was asked by the MA this question along with any feelings of depression during a visit to my doctor in Davis. I smiled and told her that I knew she was instructed to ask these questions but that I also had the right to decline to answer, so I did. She replied that “she gets that a lot”.