Judge rejects ban on pediatricians asking patients about gun ownership(barf alert)

palmbeachpost.com ^ | 2 July, 2012 | Dara Kam

[Neoliberalnot]

Let em ask. Anyone stupid enough to provide information that is self-destructive is a fool indeed.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Doctors should ask if parents have 'overnight guests' - and how often. Child rapes, abuse and murders at the hands of mom's 'live in boyfriend' are common. Liberals won't like the intrusion into THEIR lives - but it's a health issue - and we all need to know... right? Also, doctors need to ask about illegal drug usage - that's a threat to children. Liberals will hate that one.

Good point of view. Why did they select only 'guns'?

Because they're only interested in TAKING OUR PROTECTION AWAY, NOT IN PROTECTING KIDS OR PEOPLE'S SAFETY.

[buffaloguy]

PA: Are there any guns in your home?
Me: None of your business.
PA: I’ll put that down as a yes.
Me: That was not my answer. If it shows up anywhere else, I will sue you.
PA: Uh....
Me: Leave it blank.

I got another doctor immediately. They are a dime a dozen these days.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

(doctor) Lastly, do you own firearms or keep any stored in your home?

(patient) Certainly not. Do you still have sexual fantasies about livestock?

(doctor) Gasp! How dare you!

(patient) Yes or no, this information is relevant to your ability to provide clear and factual medical advice Doctor. Answer the question, are you still engaging in bestiality or not?


Give the overstepping punks a little of their own back. It'll do them a world of good.

[Neoliberalnot]

All well and good, but who is following the rule of law—the executive branch or glorious AG?

[NTHockey]

Well, the a$$holes on the SCROTUM (formerly known as the SCOTUS)ruled that it is our First Amendment rights to lie, so don’t tell the truth. Or if consider lying a sin, just give them these letters: NOYFB.

Instruct your children to do the same.

[libertarian27]

Patient to Doctor:”Do you still beat your wife”

[Salgak]

There's a simple fix for this: carry one of THESE FORMS every time you visit a doctor, and ask the following questions:

1. Who provides your liability/malpractice insurance ?

2. What is your agent's name and phone number ?

3. Will your insurance be happy with you when they find you've been dispensing advice outside your trained and certified area ?

Works every time. . .

[varmintman]

Do I own a gun? What’s a gun???

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Do the patient have to answer?

Only at the point of a gun. And even then....Hell no!

[jeffc]

I would teach my children that they are not to say anything about what mom and dad own.

I just told my kids to say, if asked, that they don't know, but they will tell me (their Dad) that they were asked.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Another nanny ruling from a feminized judiciary including the bald headed ones too or those with shriveled testicle syndrome—a side effect malady associated with demented liberalism disorder.

This isn't a "nanny ruling," the law that was struck down was a "nanny law." I don't need the government protecting me from a doctor's questions. If a doctor asked me (or my children) about gun ownership, I would refuse to answer. If the doctor persisted, I would find a new doctor. No government intervention needed.

[backwoods-engineer]

I and my friends are getting just about tired of Federal judges taking our rights.

The next Congress better use Article III to take out some of these judges, or they are going to be TAKEN OUT another way.

[longtermmemmory]

The judge said the law was too vague.

so we make it very very very specific.

we can’t just knee jerk. Those miami doctors are real political kooks. The miami doctors are always in TH groveling for dollars for their pet projects.

Just read the law and revise it in the next session.

Doctors who violate the rules risk losing their license.

[longtermmemmory]

How about this.

If a doctor elects to ask about firearms, they are ineligible to be self insured and must obtain malpractice insurance.

AND

they are ineligible to have hospital privileges at any hospital recieving state money or recieve state funds for their pracitices.

AND

insurance companies are free to deny coverage to the doctor for any liability arising from such inquiries.

[Still Thinking]

But the judge chided the legislature for relying upon anecdotal evidence like that rather than empirical evidence of an alleged problem.

As much as we could use more resistance to legislating-for-the-hell-of-it, I bet this guy doesn't object to it most of the time. And on this issue, if there isn't a problem, what harm will the legislation do?

[GOPJ]

Good point of view. Why did they select only 'guns'? Because they're only interested in TAKING OUR PROTECTION AWAY, NOT IN PROTECTING KIDS OR PEOPLE'S SAFETY.

BINGO

[Still Thinking]

lawyers for the Florida chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians argued that what they called the “physician gag law” prevented doctors from doing their job.

Doctor's jobs involve asking you about non-health-related issues in your personal life? News to me. No wonder they're always bitching about not having sufficient time with each patient. Maybe if they just look at the sore throat that brought the patient in and skip the social engineering, their schedule would be easier on them.

[Still Thinking]

Doctors should ask if parents have 'overnight guests' - and how often. Child rapes, abuse and murders at the hands of mom's 'live in boyfriend' are common. Liberals won't like the intrusion into THEIR lives - but it's a health issue - and we all need to know... right? Also, doctors need to ask about illegal drug usage - that's a threat to children. Liberals will hate that one.

Does anyone in your household ever place their genitals in your rectum or anyone elses? This is a serious health hazard. How many mommies do you have? Daddies?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Agreed. Further, it turns the children into spies agaist their parents.