Doctor's Inquiry Re Gun Ownership

saw this question last time i had a physical

checked the 'not applicable' box, other than that i would have said no, since i'd rather the left think we're less armed than more.

Some US insurance companies have been pushing this as part of their standardized questionnaires too :-(

It's part of the Obama care "wellness check up"

Just lie. You've been doing it since you're 2 years old.

Just say no and not another word. Getting into a pissing contest is a waste of time

AFS

Both the AMA (American Medical Association) & CDC (Center for Disease Control) are against guns in the home. The questionnaire is intended for doctors to "educate" gun owners about the danger firearms pose to children.

Both organizations publish propaganda material which are often in Doctor's Offices, Clinics and Hospitals.

Best thing to do is answer no.

A Dr at Children's Hospital asked me the same question while doing a checkup on my oldest son about 12years ago. I just told her no because I'm not a gun owner.... no really.

I was asked this by a Dr. at a DOT physical 15 or 20 years ago. I asked him what this had to do with my physical, and he said he was just curious. I told him it was none of his business. When I mentioned this to our Human Resources person they started using a different Dr.

My GP, my wifes GP, and my wifes OB/GYN have never asked. And the latter asking would just be ... wierd.

My kids pediatricians don't bother asking. At the end of the wellness visit, they just run through a whole bunch of stuff, and in passing, note that, by the way if you have any guns in the house keep them locked away from the kids, and this handout sheet has some more information.

The handout sheet contains all sorts of useful (and not so useful health information for parents). The sheet itself has changed a lot over the past three years on the firearms topic. Three years ago it recommended not keeping any firearms in the house. Period.

Two years ago, it recommended not keeping firearms in the house if you can, but if you do keep them secured in a safe or somewhere not accessible by the kids.

One year ago, it recommended that, if you have firearms, keep them secured in a safe, or somewhere not accessible by the kids. And that's the line that stayed this year as well.

So, whomever came up with this script, has been regularly modifying with some real-world feedback from patients and doctors - by and large the "agenda" has been filtered out, at least in my area.

when I do answer this, I say "No, I don't own any guns, they are on loan from God"....they don't like that.

Only got asked once . Said no. End of story.

In the words of the late Coach Bear Bryant,

"Boy, dat ant nun a your damn bidness!"

Jimmy

I'am a gun owner.

In public, I'am not a gun owner.

My doc is an avid hunter and shooter. He makes no bones about about and has hunting books in his waiting room. The only gun related questions are related to hunting or if we have any new ones.

TexasPatriot.308 said:

when I do answer this, I say "No, I don't own any guns, they are on loan from God"....they don't like that.

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I love it.

(and fits your screen name)

My doctor has never asked but we talk about shooting. He likes the ARs.

I wonder how those doctors reconcile their oath with "reasonable" proposals for the summary execution of gun owners "in order to save lives."

Jim

If asked I would say that I don't own any "evil" guns.

( All my guns are well behaved ones. )

non issue; Gov ....

Medical professional questions about guns or CCW issues are not legal per statue where I live.
The NRA A rated state Gov signed that law about 2 years ago.

Works for me.

Our Dr is an avid shooter and we talk guns all of the time. When his office merged with a much larger chain of clinics, all of the hunting and gun magazines disappeared from the office. I asked him about it not long after it happened because I had the choice of either bringing my own reading material or reading "Fit Pregnancy" or "What to do when a hangnail costs you your marriage" again and neither of those sounded compelling. He said that nothing gun-related was allowed in the office and he complained loudly about it to the higher-ups. That was about 4 years ago. At the start of this year, Field and Stream and several other mags started showing up in large numbers. I don't know what changed.

At the same clinic about a year later, I was given a "know-your-patient" questionnaire to fill out that asked about lots of risky behaviors such as smoking, binge drinking, being honest with your mother-in-law, and (of course) guns. When I got it, the question about firearms in the home was already marked as 'No'. He told me that, for some reason, none of his patients seemed to own any guns except for a couple of LEOs. With as ubiquitous as gun ownership is in Utah, I'm sure that the management there knows what's going on, but he's one of the best Doctors in their system and he's not going anywhere. I'm pretty sure that he's not the only Dr doing it either.

Matt

Say no all you want. I do.

But keep in mind that some day later you may also need to assert that you totally misunderstood the question. The insurers have recourse if you lie. They have no recourse if you're just confused about the question.

state or local laws ....

Depending the whims/attitude of your local law makers you could push for clear or better established pro 2A statues re: medical care, adoption-foster care, estates-power of atty, competency, etc .
If laws or statues are passed & a medical professional or licensed occupation could be cited or worse: sued that will shut them down quick.

Rusty

I went the "none of your business" route. It was funny.

My primary MD sent me to a neuro guy for further evaluation of my backache and when the Doc and his assistant came in he noticed I was wearing an Armalite cap with a small AR 10 pictured on the side. He asked if I had an AR and when I replied, "It's none of your business", his assistant's eyes got big and her mouth flew open with a very audible gasp...I thought she was going to faint. I said it with a smile that she must have missed.

The MD caught it and just laughed and said he had a Colt AR and we had a nice discussion about AR's along with the exam. The assistant still looked a little shaken when I left but her shocked reaction and the look on her face was worth the price of admission.

Doctors are not allowed to ask this question in FL. However if asked I would just so no, there is no reason to say anything else. By saying "none of your business" or anything else, you might as well just say yes.