Doctors and Guns

cmhbob · May 5, 2015

Nice Forbes piece here, entitled Why Doctors Should Not Ask Their Patients About Guns

Maybe nothing new for some, but it points out the hypocrisy of the AAP and their positions on guns vs swimming pools.

henschman · May 5, 2015

As a Juris Doctor, I frequently ask my clients about guns. Better than cash I say.

Commander Keen · May 5, 2015

Pretty good read!

OKCHunter · May 5, 2015

I wonder how many patients just out right lie or refuse to answer when asked this question. I suspect many. Consequently, information gathered from this line of questioning by doctors is likely meaningless. Another stupid liberal idea.

dennishoddy · May 5, 2015

Good read as well.

I guess it depends on where you get your doctoring done. I had to have a MRI on a knee thing a couple of years ago. When I went in, the attendant told me to remove anything metal from my pockets. I kind of freeked out knowing I had a concealed .40 on me. There was a gun buster sign on the door, so I was in a quandary to tell him I was armed or just walk out. As I was having a hard time walking, I told him about the gun.
He laughed and said I wasn't the first and almost everybody in the office was carrying as well. The sign was for insurance purposes.

aeropb · May 5, 2015

My dr has a 9 and a 1022 that he never shoots. I told him he's a normal gun owner

turkeyrun · May 5, 2015

Dr. has gun buster sign. First time I saw it, I put mine in wife's purse.
In exam room,Dr. asked me to raise my shirt and he seen my holster. He asked what I carried? Then said the sign was an insurance requirement. Told him I would be getting different insurance. He was looking.

tRidiot · May 6, 2015

Agree with the article x eleventy-billion.

Okey-Dokey · May 6, 2015

Funny how in most posters experiences the doctor was a cool person. Just wait until they're replaced by someone who's not and you're databased. It is not ok to create a precedence where asking questions like this at a doctor visit is ok.

tntrex · May 6, 2015

Going to the doctor is a privilege. Its not a right.

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