Well I just registered here, and I guess this is an odd first post, but I must say I'm happy to learn that a lot of docs support the 2nd Amendment, because I would not have guessed it prior to reading this thread! I'm a medical student, and do not CCW, but am planning on eventually getting one at some point. Since I don't actually own any pistols, figured there would be no point yet.
One of the things that really surprised me, was that on the first day of learning how to conduct patient interviews prior to physical exams, they instructed us that during the "High Risk Behaviors" section of the interview, we are required to ask every patient if they own a gun, and if they say yes, ask them multiple questions about whether or not it's locked up, and try to make them feel bad for owning one, and try to convince them to store the gun unloaded, in a safe, with a trigger lock, and move all the ammunition out of magazines and somewhere far away. While that may protect kids at the home (if they have any) I fail to see how this would help individuals living in crime infested regions from rapists or home invaders.
The general view that my classmates have towards guns is rather sad as well. When practicing the interview with actors, one of them pretended to have a gun at home, and carry. When one of my classmates asked them the gun question, and the old actress said she had a gun, and carried it with her in her purse, he was visible shaken by this, even though it was an actress and nothing she was saying was real! He had to collect himself for a bit before doing the standard "lock trigger, remove ammo, lock in safe, don't carry" routine, which btw, if we don't do, they grade us down for.