Posted on 08/06/2014 8:53:25 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
In 2011, the State of Florida passed a law popularly referred to as “Docs vs Glocks” which prevents doctors meddling in the gun ownership prerogatives of their patients. Why would such a statute be necessary?
The following is a portion of a policy statement included on the website of the American Academy of Pediatrics:
“Until handguns are banned, we recommend that handguns and handgun ammunition be regulated, that restrictions be placed on handgun ownership, and that the number of privately owned handguns be reduced. Firearms should be removed from the environments where children live and play …”
Uppermost in the AAP’s “Advice to Parents” column was:
“Never have a gun in the home. Do not purchase a gun, especially a handgun. Remove all guns present in the home.”
Not widely known by the American public (principally because it was effectively concealed) is the fact that Barack Obama’s 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—or Stimulus slush fund–opened the private medical records of American citizens to some 1.5 million new organizations, companies, individuals and of course, federal bureaucracies. The Stimulus allocated thirty five billion dollars to finance the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) which made patient medical data available on ObamaCare’s State Exchanges. As a result, the supposedly PRIVATE, “it’s for the children” information collected by doctors about patient gun ownership may be legally accessed by 2.2 million government approved organizations, many of which have nothing whatever to do with healthcare.
Agenda driven doctors are not practitioners of medicine but of medical espionage. And Florida’s doctors have been among the most persistent in ferreting out and reporting “medical information” about gun ownership to...
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Excellent.
Of course, there is a much easier way to get around lib idiocy...you lie.
After all, this is the founding principle of the Obamathink and his West Wing of Felon-Cretins.
Face it, folks...our gubmit is broke.
Way broke.
Good, but a better headline would be:
Court rules Government may NOT harass civilians about gun ownership
Good News
Doctors should be in the practice of medicine not regulation of the 2nd amendment.
It would be if the ruling applied to all doctors in this country, but does it?
Those Hippocratic hypocrites never say a word about 5 gal. buckets in the home do they? Shove it, doc!
The backdoor way I think they plan to confiscate firearms, is via the medical route. Doc asks if you have guns and immediately refers you to shrink if you respond in the affirmative. The shrinks will eventually determine that anyone who owns a gun is mentally ill, unless you’re of the correct political persuasion. Gun confiscation!
“Is that a Howitzer in your pocket, or do you need your ED treated ;?”
As stated many times, Healthcare is the “in” towards regulation of all facets of your life...
I heard an interesting counterpoint to such laws as this recently:
By denying doctors the ability to ask such questions, such laws deprive them of their First Amendment right to free speech. (Under such laws, they necessarily don’t have the ability to speak as freely as they might want to their patients about their views regarding gun ownership in homes with children)
I don’t necessarily agree with such an argument but I’d be curious how any FReeper may respond to such when confronted with it.
Comments?
(Remember don’t shoot the messenger please!)
Exactly. No law requires that you honestly answer a doctor. Especially in non medical issues.
Never take your child to a “Children’s Hospital”.
Never, ever speak with a mental health professional unless under strict anonymity.
When Doc asks if you have a gun in the house, answer “Try breaking in some night and you’ll find out”.
The answer to the Doc’s question is simply “No, I don’t have any guns.” and move back to the discussion of your health.
Hmmmm.... wondering...
Is it OK to lie to the Devil?
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