Doc: I am sorry I got on this topic a little late (8 pages late!) I had to go to the begining to learn that you are in rotations, so are probably a resident or intern.
I am retired from 25 years of practice as an Emergency Medicine PA. I ran a solo status ER in West Texas for 10 years.
I observed when the left wing physicians started putting the "Question" into the curriculum. You have to ask, during your training, but you don't have to do anything once you are on the street. I worked mostly rural areas, and all of my colleagues owned firearms, hunted, and taught their kids to shoot.
By definition we must be thorough in our treatment of children. In 15 minutes we not only have to fix what's wrong, we have to get a feel for what is going on in this child's life. Not everyone who brings a child into your office is living in a life style that supports or protects those kids. The same people who leave packs of Crack on the coffee table for the toddler to get into, also leave firearms loaded, and under pillows or on tables. not everyone who owns a gun is doing so safely, as safely as anyone who posts here, for instance.
You have to figure that out.
In my town, there are probably 5 homes that don't have half a dozen firearms inside. Try to figure out who is storing them safely. I Never asked that question of anyone. I figure everyone has at least two.
When the Sheriff's Dept started handing out gun locks, I asked for and got a box of them to give out on the reception desk. If it got empty, they refilled it.
Be creative.
I forget the physician who published the landmark study, but he started with the premise that guns are a problem. He ended up publishing that things actually were pretty good. It may have been the study cited above, a few posts. It shut some idiots up for a while. The opposition has been busy making up some conflicting numbers since then.
Good luck doc.