Don’t ask, don’t tell
A ban on doctors asking patients if they own guns? I don’t mind them asking but if it’s the intro to a guns are bad, uhmmkay speech filled with AMA lies about guns, then I have an issue.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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January 14th, 2011 at 10:40 am
I don’t really mind them asking either. When I changed physicians mine asked. I simply told him I didn’t have any. It’s not any of his business nor is it medically relevant.
January 14th, 2011 at 11:10 am
My doctor’s office (multi-MD practice) has anti-gun posters in every exam room; the one about “so-and-so hid his Glock so well, it took his daughter 10 years to find it”. I suspect that one doc in particular is the impetus for the posters. He is the one doc who tries to convince every patient that they have asthma.
I have been packing heat every time I have had an appointment, and I have lied without remorse on the few occasions the question was asked. Mentally I deduct a pound when I get weighed. LOL.
January 14th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Wouldn’t it be more productive to just tell the doc to STFU and explain why he just lost you as a patient if he reacts badly to your answer?
Lying to you doctor just doesn’t seem like a good idea. You don’t have to put up with crap from them, YOU are the customer, they damn well can provide some customer service.
January 14th, 2011 at 11:16 am
I don’t mind them asking either. Of course, I do have a problem imagining a result other than me getting a different doctor.
January 14th, 2011 at 11:32 am
I carry all the time, including my appointments. When I have to drop trou for the short-arm inspection, I don’t hide my firearm. He flinched the first time, asked a few questions, and then let it go.
Better was the British med student who observed an exam. He didn’t visibly react, although I heard him asking questions of the doctor outside the room afterwards.
Be the new normal!
January 14th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
I think you’ll find many physicians are unwitting parties to this practice. Keep in mind, most are not independent businessmen anymore, as they were when the profession obtained its reputation for being thoughtful, and, like, smart & all.
The dentist and podiatrist usually ask how the kid’s rifle team is doing, and occasionally request an opinion on some new piece on the market. MD’s usually (1)ain’t from here, and (2)are corporate employees–minions, if you will, and not entitled to their own opinion.
January 14th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
My Doctor is a gun nut! He’s awesome! I spend more time talking to him about the shit we’ve recently bought and shot more than my health. He was recently bragging to me about his .458 SOCOM upper he just bought!
January 14th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
I agree with Uncle and most of the comments so far.
One thing I’d like to add: is this really something we need to make a felony – punishable by up to a $5M fine and 5 years in prison? For speech? What happens to those who have gunnie doctors?
As TomcatsHanger pointed out, you’re the customer. If you don’t like their crap, you don’t have to put up with it.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
I doctor is always packing 1 on the hip and 1 on the ankle
January 14th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
What Mike W said. Not medically relevant, so you should give a totally irrelevant answer, “Cam Newton will never play football as a first-string NFL quarterback”, or some such.
January 14th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Usually limited to Pediatricians, their ‘guild’ has a larger then normal concentration of left-wing wackos. Many of the Hospitalists/ Internists can also qualify for this group. The Family Practice, and non-hospital based Internists are more centrist/ conservative bunch. Many of these folks are gunnies.
January 14th, 2011 at 6:40 pm
“Wouldn’t it be more productive to just tell the doc to STFU and explain why he just lost you as a patient if he reacts badly to your answer?”
Well, I suspect that any answer other than a direct “no” gets entered into your medical file as a “yes” (evasion is an admission). So once all medical records are in a central database, those with access can see if you’ve admitted owning firearms. That the question is inappropriate and a boundary violation is irrelevant.
Just something to consider.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Happened twice to me.
Asked them to define “Boundary Violation”. Then asked to see their firearms safety instructor certs.
Questions came to an abrupt halt when threatened with a medical ethics complaint.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
If any one is foolish enough to ask this question, my reply is always “are you buying or selling”? Which usually ends the matter from liberal types and gets you into some really good conversations with 2nd amendment types.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Terrapod beat me to it.
I am also of a mind to ask “you want to go to the range?” if a doctor asks.
January 16th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
I believe that this is a requirement in the new obamacare law. Has to do with “hazardous hobbies” or something. Also, lets think about how they can deny health care to your child, claiming self induced lead contamination for having ammo around.
Never look to the good side of gubermint laws. Always look to the bad side. For that is what they were aiming at when they passed the law.