Leaving Dr.'s office and got nailed with gun questions-Whats going on here?

no big deal. if your dr. starts asking invasive questions about your firearms ownership, simply tell him where he can go, and pick a new doc

Actually report her to the medical board, to the state health ombudsman, and your insurance company, ethically she is bound, and if she charged for the visit, you can pursue fraud, cause she didn't treat.

suck, and frankly it isn't any of her business.

"None of your business."

Physicians are increasingly looking at health risk factors and some consider firearms to be a indicator of statistical risk.

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Then they should be asking what kind of cars we drive as that is much larger risk. It's none of their business, they're clearly pushing an agenda.

they run your name in the NICS and technically they are required by law to discard all of your information within 48 hours of the transaction

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Do you actually believe they throw away juicy data like that after 48 hours? Not a chance. They probably throw away the master copy to give the appearance of following the law, but you can bet it's archived somewhere and is retrievable.

To OP, its all political...anti-gun AMA doctors that back a anti-gun president. They want to link guns to Accidents, insurance goes up or is denied for owning guns...it will be called High Risk. Swimming pools or trampilines cause more deaths an injury in the home, so why aren't they asking if you own a pool or trampiline...? Well they are only concerned that you might get depressed an kill yourself....then why don't they ask if I own a rope, or knife, or sleeping pills.....? They started a thing at work this week when they come in to take blood an check for this an that. I was one that refused...guess what...that question came up if you own guns? Have you ever been depressed? How many different people have you had sex with the last 5 years.....My boss asked me why I wouldn't submit to the questions an test....Becuase I'm an American an I'm excercising my right to say NO! An I think that gun question is Un-American, It my right to excersice my 2nd Amendment right.......he listen an said thank you.....of course I will be fired soon.

Who does your doctor work for? A for profit health insurer most likely. And how to increase profits? By raising your rates, or at least those of others in perceived "high risk pool". This is your health insurance company speaking, not some guberment scheme. Insurance reform? IMHO, we need it now.

I can see a pediatrician asking. The AAP hates guns and recommends badgering parents about gun safety. You'd be amazed how many parents out there think that leaving an loaded gun on the floor and a bottle of antifreeze next to it is no big deal.

Also, I can see a psychiatrist asking about guns for obvious reasons.

Lastly, as they told me in medical school you should ask about firearms, but just go over the obvious; keep them away from kids, probably you should lock them up (stuff that the NRA says to do in their info packets anyways), etc.. It was mentioned exactly once that we should do this, and I've never seen anyone else ask in my training so far.

The questions you got seems like your Doc has something against guns.

And if it was truly a study he was participating in, you would have been provided a informed consent form and would have had to read and sign some forms. If you didn't, then that doc is in huge trouble. You can't do anything without proper paperwork nowadays