izzyandal wrote:
Hey there SB. It's good to hear a calm and considered opinion.
I, too, have a small arsenal...multiple handguns, plus several rifles and shotguns.
I'm annoyed at the hysteria about the men with blue helmets in black helicopters coming to pry the guns from my hands.
The political right and the NRA want us to be in fear of confiscation.
Saddest is how my NRA has evolved from being an educational entity to being an echo of Rush Limbaugh.
I'm eighty and became a junior member when I bought my first rifle at eleven years old. I belong to three guns clubs shoot, at least once per week and reload all my ammo, except for .22LR.
I'm certain that I'm going to get coals of fire heaped on my bald head by some T party fanatics and true believers Bring it on. I'm a former Army officer and love my country as much as the draft-dodging guy that should be dead or in jail...his words...not mine
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Right on :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
sb wrote:
As a primary care physician, when I do a well child visit, especially with a young child with young parents, we talk about safety issues in the home - this includes cabinet locks, safety caps, swimming pools, car safety seats, pets, and yes - weapons in the home,
I will gladly pay you for your medical advice because you are an expert in that area.
My military and law enforcement background makes me an expert in different areas and I do not need any advice on these subjects.
If you want to discuss guns I will simply tell you I don't have any. There is no way I am going to have anything in my medical records that I don't want the government to know about. As we move toward socialized medicine and the IRS soon having access to all our medical information we all need to be prepared for the day this information is collected in the interest of "national security".
Ask anything you want. I'll give answers I feel are appropriate.
sb wrote:
This is another example of a purposeful misinterpretation of reality by Fox and others for purely political purposes - much like rational (and optional) end-of-life planning with patients has been called "death panels". Florida even went so far as to try to make it illegal for physicians to inquire about weapons in the home. No one is suggesting that "doctors grill you on gun ownership".
As a primary care physician, when I do a well child visit, especially with a young child with young parents, we talk about safety issues in the home - this includes cabinet locks, safety caps, swimming pools, car safety seats, pets, and yes - weapons in the home, and if so, we discuss the safe storage of those weapons. This has absolutely nothing to do with being judgmental or trying to take anyone's weapons away - I have my own small arsenal and a CCW permit which I use. It is all about keeping children from getting unauthorized and unsupervised access to very deadly tools. It is about preventing a tragedy. I also ask suicidal patients if they have handguns at home, and if they do, I suggest that they have a friend or relative hold on to them until they are feeling better - the presence of a handgun making suicide so much easier. Even Abraham Lincoln's friends took his weapons from him on several occasions when he was suffering from depression, according to the book "Lincoln's Melancholy". All this has nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment, but has to do with common sense. So let's all show some common sense when we discuss the issues around weapons.
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Okay, I buy your purpose in those questions....Now, how about me....I recently changed primary care physicians...Of course when I went to the office of the new one he had a medical history form to complete. In the questions, early on, was a question about family members living in the home and their ages.......near the end of the document there was a question....Are there any firearms in your home? If yes, what type? What is your reason for owning firearms? Okay, now there was no mention or question about how I had them stored or secured. I live alone and all my kids are grown and moved away. Which was noted earlier in the questions. Why the hell does a doctor need to know about my guns when there is clearly no issue regarding the safety of kids in my home?
Here in South Carolina my civilian doctor and my VA doctor don't ask me about gun ownership .
You have no obligation to answer questions about guns.
imntrt1 wrote:
Okay, I buy your purpose in those questions....Now, how about me....I recently changed primary care physicians...Of course when I went to the office of the new one he had a medical history form to complete. In the questions, early on, was a question about family members living in the home and their ages.......near the end of the document there was a question....Are there any firearms in your home? If yes, what type? What is your reason for owning firearms? Okay, now there was no mention or question about how I had them stored or secured. I live alone and all my kids are grown and moved away. Which was noted earlier in the questions. Why the hell does a doctor need to know about my guns when there is clearly no issue regarding the safety of kids in my home?
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I've never had a doctor ask me about guns.
izzyandal wrote:
Here in South Carolina my civilian doctor and my VA doctor don't ask me about gun ownership .
You have no obligation to answer questions about guns.
Well, this doctor...whom I do like....did not get a straight answer from me....My Business is my business I feel. I was honest on health related questions and that is what SHOULD matter.
sb wrote:
This is another example of a purposeful misinterpretation of reality by Fox and others for purely political purposes - much like rational (and optional) end-of-life planning with patients has been called "death panels". Florida even went so far as to try to make it illegal for physicians to inquire about weapons in the home. No one is suggesting that "doctors grill you on gun ownership".
As a primary care physician, when I do a well child visit, especially with a young child with young parents, we talk about safety issues in the home - this includes cabinet locks, safety caps, swimming pools, car safety seats, pets, and yes - weapons in the home, and if so, we discuss the safe storage of those weapons. This has absolutely nothing to do with being judgmental or trying to take anyone's weapons away - I have my own small arsenal and a CCW permit which I use. It is all about keeping children from getting unauthorized and unsupervised access to very deadly tools. It is about preventing a tragedy. I also ask suicidal patients if they have handguns at home, and if they do, I suggest that they have a friend or relative hold on to them until they are feeling better - the presence of a handgun making suicide so much easier. Even Abraham Lincoln's friends took his weapons from him on several occasions when he was suffering from depression, according to the book "Lincoln's Melancholy". All this has nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment, but has to do with common sense. So let's all show some common sense when we discuss the issues around weapons.
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I understand your reasoning but beg to differ with a couple of exceptions. In my opinion, I don't think that it is any business of a doctor to know what I have in my house. Who knows where this information will be used by anti 2nd amendment nuts now or in the future. The exceptions, if you are indeed treating a suicidal patient or where domestic violence is involved which is more of a police matter than a doctor's.
izzyandal wrote:
Michael,
What are you talking about ?
I'm not aware of any restrictions about the number of guns that I own.
The NRA has nothing to do with my ability to have as many as I can afford.
Keep in mind, before you attack me, that I am a target shooting enthusiast and not an antigun person.
Dry your tears and enjoy safe shooting. It is a handful but vocal group like Mayor Bumbleberg that will run in circles, scream and shout about our hobby.
My respect and regards
No Sir, Mr.Izzy, no attack implied. Not saying the NRA gives you rights for anything, the 2nd does that. Just stating the fact that the NRA, and their(our) dollars, have been placed in the appropriate hands, to keep our right to own guns alive, and well, mostly. If the dollars weren't involved, I feel pretty sure, our rights would no longer exist.
I'm not crazy about the way the NRA has become, but someone has to keep the 'powers that be' in check, and these days, sadly, it takes more than just a vote.
My respect, and regards to you too, sir.
Heading out back to shoot some.
bcheary wrote:
I understand your reasoning but beg to differ with a couple of exceptions. In my opinion, I don't think that it is any business of a doctor to know what I have in my house. Who knows where this information will be used by anti 2nd amendment nuts now or in the future. The exceptions, if you are indeed treating a suicidal patient or where domestic violence is involved which is more of a police matter than a doctor's.
Historically, registration (or in this case inclusion in a database) is a necessary precursor to confiscation.
Los-Angeles-Shooter wrote:
Historically, registration (or in this case inclusion in a database) is a necessary precursor to confiscation.
Yup. Hitler proved that as did the Russians.
bvm
Loc: Glendale, Arizona
bcheary wrote:
Yup. Hitler proved that as did the Russians.
most murders and crimes are committed by people who wouldn't register any weapon.
Do you think those gang bangers register their guns or buy them legally?
bvm wrote:
most murders and crimes are committed by people who wouldn't register any weapon.
Do you think those gang bangers register their guns or buy them legally?
Which makes a mockery of gun registration.
bvm wrote:
most murders and crimes are committed by people who wouldn't register any weapon.
Do you think those gang bangers register their guns or buy them legally?
Ugh, nope, they don't. Anti-gun owner laws tend to disarm the most law-abiding and obedient members of society.
Historical trivia: until a short term before WWII Germany actually had pretty liberal gun owner laws. Anti-gun laws including registration were then passed, but enforced selectively against Jews. The night of looting, beating, murder, rape, and other atrocities against Jews, so-called "Kristallnicht" began as raids to seize guns from Jews.
Guns...what guns? I don't know anything about guns!
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