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Universal Background Checks and Physician Reporting Are Just Plain Frightening
Townhall.com ^ | January 17, 2013 | Matt Towery

Posted on 01/17/2013 2:10:03 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: HomeAtLast

Yeah. They tried that Shiite on me when they found out I had insurance. They were gonna replace the frames but then I had to go through a whole exam and they said the prescription was wrong. Overall, the price would have been $300 and all I wanted was a $25.00 frame replacement. “ We have to report this to DOT.” I said go ahead, You gave me these 8 months ago.


21 posted on 01/17/2013 5:51:34 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Kaslin
The medical establishment appears thrilled with the proposals related to physicians.

Doctors and nurses are now IRS agents with a government provided medical license.

Thanks to obamacare and his EOs, obama and the demonrats have nullified doctor/patient privilege and confidentiality, transforming doctors and nurses into government agents acting on the government's behalf instead of those in their care.

Whatever you tell them, you are telling the government.

Your care, your history and medical records, your tests and test results, your prescriptions and everything else about you now belongs to those paying the bills, not you.

Shut up and enjoy the free healthcare.

22 posted on 01/17/2013 5:55:32 AM PST by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: Kaslin

The very best thing about the Universal Background Checks is that it’s going to force gun owners into the open. The very worst reflex gun owners have in this country is to try and hide, either socially or politically, their support for the right to self-defense and the moral authority of doing so.

Responsible owners need to stop with the ‘my guns fell in the lake’ dodge and stand up for their rights proudly and vocally. Retreating, hiding, being afraid; these things all telegraph to the left (and the middle) that gun owners are morally weak and up to no good.

The correct answer to “Do you have any guns?” is “Of course I do. Any morally upstanding, able bodied citizen should be armed.” When they ask why you *need* a gun, tell them, “Because I don’t choose to live at the mercy of criminals or tyrants. If you choose to live at the mercy of your fellow man, that’s your decision, but your freedom ultimately rests upon people like me.”

This is the 21st century. You * can’t * hide. You must stand up for yourself and your beliefs publicly. Free men and women shouldn’t hide, and, in the end, they can’t.


23 posted on 01/17/2013 6:11:23 AM PST by Steel Wolf ("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
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To: Steel Wolf

Sorry, but it is nobody’s business what I have in my house.


24 posted on 01/17/2013 6:12:54 AM PST by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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To: Kaslin

The very best thing about the Universal Background Checks is that it’s going to force gun owners into the open. The very worst reflex gun owners have in this country is to try and hide, either socially or politically, their support for the right to self-defense and the moral authority of doing so.

Responsible owners need to stop with the ‘my guns fell in the lake’ dodge and stand up for their rights proudly and vocally. Retreating, hiding, being afraid; these things all telegraph to the left (and the middle) that gun owners are morally weak and up to no good.

The correct answer to “Do you have any guns?” is “Of course I do. Any morally upstanding, able bodied citizen should be armed.” When they ask why you *need* a gun, tell them, “Because I don’t choose to live at the mercy of criminals or tyrants. If you choose to live at the mercy of your fellow man, that’s your decision, but your freedom ultimately rests upon people like me.”

This is the 21st century. You * can’t * hide. You must stand up for yourself and your beliefs publicly. Free men and women shouldn’t hide, and, in the end, they can’t.


25 posted on 01/17/2013 6:17:28 AM PST by Steel Wolf ("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
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To: wtc911
Sorry, but it is nobody’s business what I have in my house.

In principle, no, it isn't. In practice, we're well past the point where that's going to be respected.

America is moving into a dark phase. Your right to privacy, however valid, is for all intents and purposes gone, and it isn't coming back unless we survive what's coming next.

26 posted on 01/17/2013 6:29:31 AM PST by Steel Wolf ("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
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To: Steel Wolf

Your comments are thought provoking and I like them. I am unsure if it will necessarily force ownership into the open. It should be none of their business if weapons are possessed. However, depending on how you answer the questions, and what their opinions are, you might risk the chance of losing your priveleges or rights at their whim. Firearms are nothing more than a tool. The tool can be used as a piece of rescue equipment, for killing game, or for other purposes. Some are being brainwashed into believing that ‘for other purposes’ means you might harm others, and for that they will see to it that weapons are taken away. If a bunch of people started using screwdrivers as murder weapons, do you think they would institute a ban or waiting period on them?


27 posted on 01/17/2013 6:29:57 AM PST by toolman1401
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To: Kaslin
Physician: "Do you have any fire arms in your home?"

Me: "No." End of conversation.

28 posted on 01/17/2013 6:50:50 AM PST by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: ScottinVA

Or simply lie about having guns.


29 posted on 01/17/2013 8:09:03 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Kaslin

“Hey Doc, I’ve been a little depressed since The Kenyan got re-elected”.. “No guns for you missy”


30 posted on 01/17/2013 8:53:04 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: HomeAtLast; Safetgiver
That really sounds tyrannical — actually fascistic. They could threaten me with all kinds of things and I still wouldn't/couldn't pay that kind of money. Not sure if it is a state law or federal but here you can pick up your Rx after the examination and head out the door. In my case I use it to order eyeglasses off the net (yes, made in China — I have no choice). Last pair of bifocals was $49 complete. They're fine.
31 posted on 01/17/2013 9:13:57 AM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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To: steve86

Absolutely, it is fascistic, now. It started with the insurance companies intimidating the practitioners, and now the government is set to take over insurance and more broadly, “health care.”

Whether or not there was a law saying it was mandatory to report someone for having a driver’s license and a pair of glasses not acceptable to the optometrist...he has already become accustomed to covering his fanny.

I don’t seriously thinks it’s a shakedown tactic meant to maximize sales, that’s just a side benefit.

And while you may be able to defy them and deal with the consequences, I am in no position to forfeit my DL and fight “City Hall” to get it back. As they say nowadays, that is not the hill I want to die on.


32 posted on 01/18/2013 9:33:50 AM PST by HomeAtLast ( You're either with the Tea Party, or you're with the EBT Party.)
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