Not all Dr's are anti gun

[bumm]

I'd suspect a lot of this depends on where you live. I live, and grew up, in the midwest, and work with many physicians. MOST are not anti-gun at all. (Almost ALL are anti motorcycle...) My father was a physician, and collected guns. When he died, he must have had around 600. The only group I would say is heavily anti-gun are those specializing in pediatrics, especially the females.
As far as political activist type groups, take anything they say with an entire drum of salt.
Marty

 

[RavenVT100]

went to the chiropractor today for my monthly tuneup. Afterwards we were talking and i mentioned our RKBA petition. After i explained what it was about he said bring one by and he would sign it. I keep a supply of petitions in my truck, jeep and my wife's car for just such occasions.

I don't have anything against Chiropractors, but they aren't doctors. A doctor, when used as a noun, is commonly understood to be a physician (MD or DO). That's different than just having a title of "Dr."

Otherwise you'd have to include everyone with a doctorate level degree, like El Tejon. He'd throw off the whole curve.

 

[Pilot]

My optometrist is pretty cool. He asked if I had any special requirements for my glasses; I told him I do some flying and some shooting, and that I'd brought the slide from my 1911 to give me some sights to check focus with. At that point, he excused himself for a moment.

...and returned with a well-loved Dan Wesson revolver. Turns out he used to be a bullseye shooter (not to mention a pilot and aircraft owner, motorcyclist, and a few other things).

Flyboy, that's interesting and bringing yoru 1911 slide was a good ideas.

My last AME (Airman's Medical Examiner) that renewed my medical is an avid hunter and pistol shooter. There were hunting magaziines in the waiting area, so I asked him of they were his. So I know at least one pro-gun M.D.

Did you ever have to fill out one of those forms at your family physician that asks if you own guns or keep them in the house? What a joke. I just put N/A beside it because its none of their g*damned business. More "its for the children" crap.

BTW, what do you fly?

 

[Flyboy]

she's seen the damage from 12GA shotguns and AK's, and would prefer to be shot by a shotgun, thanks.

I have to ask, why? Because the AK is an uglier wound, or because the 12ga is sufficiently more traumatic as to cause death (and release from pain) more rapidly?

BTW, what do you fly?

I (sort of) have a Tampico, which is for sale, and I also fly a B58 Baron. Both great airplanes, for different purposes. PM if you want to know more; this is rapidly digressing from the thread topic.

 

[antsi]

If we take the safety rules regarding firearm handling so seriously, how can we not expect the pediatricians to have concern for firearms in the home? You can't have it both ways. Either they are potentially dangerous or they are not. If you don't want to have pediatricians ask you about guns, bicycles helmets, abuse issues, seat belt use, etc. - then either don't have kids or don't take them to a doctor.
JM

They don't ask me about how I store poisons, solvents, or flammable fuels. They don't ask me if I have a private swimming pool (and if I do, what safety precautions I take with that). They don't ask me about power tools. They don't ask me if my stairs are barricaded. They don't ask me about electrical socket covers. They don't ask me what temperature I have my water heater set at. They don't even ask me about car seats, for gosh sakes.

No, the only safety issue they seem concerned with is one that actually ranks rather low among leading causes of childhood injuries and accidental deaths. They only ask about the one that fits in with their organization's blatant gun-control agenda.

There is no way you can chalk this up to a disinterested evidence-based assessment of common safety threats in the home.

And even if you really want to give them a huge benefit of what isn't really a doubt, this does not account for the AAP's active support of the assault weapons ban and other gun control measures that have no realationship whatsoever to child safety.

Sorry, nice try, but you can't chalk this up to reasonable unbiased concern within the scope of pediatrics here. The AAP has an overt political bias on guns.

 

[Sheldon J]

My GP, My back doctor, My dentist, the guy that gives me my shots in my back, all pro gun. That is one reason that my office visit takes so long, I usually take a gun magazine with me to read while I wait, which almost always starts up a conversation.

 

[BadWolf]

my cousin is an ER Doctor in Philly right now and he is decidedly pro-gun and conservative. interestingly, he doesn't even own a gun...yet, anyway. He says he plans on getting one.

says the more crap he sees and the more socialist medicine stuff they try to pass, the more conservative he gets.

He also mentioned most doc's he knows are pretty conservative, but it is very aggravating to him that only the liberal ones seem to ever get any attention. he pointed out some examples of rally coverage, etc.

 

[cz75bdneos22]

I went to the chiropractor today for my monthly tuneup. Afterwards we were talking and i mentioned our RKBA petition. After i explained what it was about he said bring one by and he would sign it. I keep a supply of petitions in my truck, jeep and my wife's car for just such occasions.

what about being a "doctor" makes one anti-gun??
if anything, dr's are against stupidity involving guns, not guns themselves...YMMV