Posted on 01/16/2013 8:51:44 PM PST by BobL
Given President Obama's list of 23 Exective Orders, the one that seems to have the quickest and most direct effect on the public is #16, which will likely result in a defacto regulation that doctors will ask about guns at home...and they won't just ask you, they will ask your children (as happened to me a number of years ago), every time. The reason that it is a defacto requirement is that no doctor wants to be the one that didn't ask, the next time a Newtown-type shooter goes nuts.
So how to respond? I'll give a few possible answers, and my take on them:
1) For Heavens sake no, guns only result in violence and more suffering.
2) Nope, I just don't like having them around. I prefer to call the police.
3) None of your damn business. I might, I might not.
4) Yes, but only for defense and I keep it locked up except when under my control.
5) Yes, and I can put a round between your eyes from 50 yards.
And the winner is... #2 - regardless of whether you actually own any. #1 looks too contrived (in my opinion).
Obviously #5 gets you an immediate escort to the slammer, but #3 gets you put on the kook side - which means not only a gun owner, but one of those dangerous types that loves freedom - and believe me, that will be a category (for the database) by the time this is done. #4 still puts you on the wrong side of the issue, as far as the government is concerned. To them, a safe and responsible gun owner is still a dangerous person.
So what about your kids when they're asked? My first recommendation is to not even let them know you have guns until you've trained them well enough to lie convincingly. Others may not agree, and that's fine, but the (government's) plan will be to use the kids to extract information that the parents would not otherwise divulge. Once the kid(s) reach the capability of lying, all they have to say is there are no guns in the home, and that's it. Should you teach your kids to lie? My answer has always been yes - when it is in the interest of protecting your family from government. No different than if they're asked whether they're spanked. A no answer ends the discussion...a yes answer leads to more questions and possibly a case file being opened.
That's it from me - now it's your turn.
“The only answer is ... If that question was relevant to my healthcare or the issue that brought me here today I would give you an answer. It doesn’t so I won’t”
And the doctor’s response would be “thank you for your answer”, and he’ll check-off the box that says: “likely gun owner who reacts aggressively when asked”.
“My doc asks me about firearms, smoke alarms, if I wear a seat belt & other stuff that has nothing to do with why I’m there. No wonder he can’t see more patients, he’s taking dictation for the US Gov’t.”
You’re not the first to be grilled. And the single most dangerous lifestyle choice a person can make is STILL off-limits in a doctors office. That’s what a good lobbying ability can do.
“it was a joke- lighten up”
OK, sorry...
If I remember right, I think Abraham ‘justly lied’ when he said his wife was his sister (as did either Ruth or Esther I think? Maybe not)
I liek to reply
“I’m a Skin Head anarchist- do you honestly think I’d own a gun?”
I’m preparign an answer when asked such intrusive questions that wil lgo somethign liek “Excuse me Doc, but are you liscenced in either psychiatristy or psychology?” “If not, then why am I beign given a mental health evaluation when I’m suppsoed to be ghere for a physical examinination?”
somethign along those lines
Privacy and Roe v. Wade ...
If we don’t have privacy any more due to Obamacare ... if gun control is legal, then abortion should be illegal.
That’s how I see it. No right to privacy, no “right” to abortion.
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