Posted on 05/03/2013 2:40:20 PM PDT by forty_years
...And sure enough, the Obama Administration is trying to unilaterally undo our recent victory in the Senate - and to undo the “damage” that all of us inflicted together.
But first, a little history.
Remember when Senators Pat Toomey, Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer formed an unholy alliance during the recent gun battle on Capitol Hill? Remember how their amendment would have encouraged your psychiatrist to turn you in to the FBI's gun ban list?
And you remember how we stopped that provision, because over 40 senators found it to be odious and a violation of the Second Amendment?
Well, guess what? Barack Obama has just concluded that "he don't need no stinkin’ Senate."
Instead, Secretary Kathleen "ObamaCare" Sebelius - and her Department of Health and Human Services - has promulgated regulations which would, by executive fiat, waive all federal privacy laws and encourage you doctor to report you to the FBI.
Understand a couple of things: First, the standard which your doctor would use to turn you in is embodied in Clinton-era ATF language and in the anti-gun Veterans Disarmament Act of 2007. Specifically, you doctor would "drop a dime" on you if he suspected you were even a slight "danger to yourself of others" or were "unable to manage your financial affairs."
So if they say you can't balance your checkbook, then you lose your constitutional rights.
But there's another problem: The day these regulations become law, lawyers will be lining up to sue "deep-pocket" psychiatrists for every case where they failed to turn in a patient to NICS - if the patient subsequently engages in a horrific act.
The bottom line? Any psychiatrist who failed to report all of his patients to the NICS system risks losing everything if any of them engages in harmful conduct. Soon the rule of thumb will be: See a shrink; lose your guns.
And the regulations will apply to private, as well as government-employed psychiatrists.
The bad news is that 165,000 military veterans have already lost their gun rights because of the “see a VA shrink, lose your gun rights” precedent from the Clinton-Bush era.
Sadly, what happened to military veterans has now begun in the private sector - especially in places like New York, after they recently passed their misnamed SAFE Act.
According to gun rights reporter, Dan Roberts, firearms are now being confiscated from gun owners because of their mental health information. For example:
“[John Doe] received a letter from the Pistol Permit Department informing him that his license was immediately revoked upon information that he was seeing a therapist for anxiety and had been prescribed an anxiety drug. He was never suicidal, never violent, and has no criminal history.”
So now taking anxiety pills can result in one’s forfeiting their Second Amendment rights in New York!
This is where the gun haters want to push their agenda. And this is one reason why background checks are so dangerous - because they give government bureaucrats the opportunity to deny law-abiding people their constitutionally-protected rights.
But the good news is this: The HHS rulemaking is still at an early stage, and HHS is (no doubt reluctantly) taking the views of the general public.
ACTION: Go to the Federal Register - at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-04-23/pdf/2013-09602.pdf - and respond to the regs entitled “HIPAA Privacy Rule and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).”
Let the HHS know how you feel about waiving all federal privacy laws for people who seek counseling.
Also, be sure to tell your congressmen that you oppose the “see a shrink, lose your guns” regs issued by the HHS. Ask him to issue his own comments as well.
The regs themselves lay out several ways that you may submit your opposition. The comment period ends on June 7, 2013.
Moral of the story.. Don’t see a psychiatrist..
Damn..
The bottom line? Any psychiatrist who failed to report all of his patients to the NICS system risks losing everything if any of them engages in harmful conduct. Soon the rule of thumb will be: See a shrink; lose your guns.
Gay folks and Trannys often see shrinks, does this mean they will all be unarmed soon, if so don;t you think they will make attractive targets for inner city thugs to mug?
Wow...that was heavy and every wet behind the ears kid needs to see it
Moral of the story.. Don’t see a psychiatrist..
Of course this all causes problem of people who may NEED to shrink to no seek out a shrink to get their brains shrunk so we will see an increas in mental disorders and possibly more violence as a result.....
Liberals and unintended consequences.... very much well known bedfellows...
My “Annual Medicare Physical Exam” is scheduled for May 15th.
I think this questionnaire is new as I don’t remember (? :) anything like it last year.
I look forward to answering this questionnaire. Fun and games like the census. An opportunity to answer questions with N/A and NYB.
This is the way African fascist dictators do things. With the stroke of a pen and a pistol aimed at your temple.
And then what does he intend to do with them? Sell them to drug cartels or islamic militants?
Try to get someone who is genuinely mentally ill and dangerous committed to a medical facility. It’s near impossible these days. The reason is a physician and a judge both have to find the individual incompetent. There have been so many lawsuits over forced confinement that it’s very unlikely you’ll find a doctor and judge in the same jurisdiction willing to take the risk.
There must be a call to action for the communists. The activity seems very coordinated.
How does a regulation bypass a law?
man we are so screwed up
“Let the HHS know how you feel”
Come November 2014 I will.
2nd Amendment bump for later.......
Note the people with Obama signs in their yard, anonymous calls will be made about them telling me they have seen a shrink and all about their neat-o gun collection.....
Payback is a &^%&%!
Sauce for the goose...
So have we had an outbreak of suicidal doctors?
I do not have to comply with Executive Orders since I am not employed by any part of that branch of government. In fact, I am not a government employee. Only Congress can make laws. Obama can’t.
Not MY senators!!
Let it be known here and now.
I am quite content with myself, and my significant other.
I do not, nor have ever, nor will give room for question nor debate on:
1. Constitutional issues, which I believe shall be decided in the ballot box.
2. Political issues, which are between me and my God.
3. Familial issues, which are between family members, only.
4. Any subjective electronically generated questioning from the federal government.
5. Social issues that include any gender-bending, gender-substitution, or gender-revocation by the owner of that human body, in question.
6. Military issues, past or present, unless the 20-year disclosure period has expired, and only then, on a need to know basis.
Thank you for your time and concern. Now, quietly go away, please!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.