Doctors Office

[Bull Elk]

You really showed him.

I was an idiot, and was honest and you know what happened? The jerk reminded me to wash my hands after shooting and cleaning. The nerve! He even suggested that I keep my guns locked up! What kind of an idiot keeps guns locked up around children, I raise my son right he knows not to play with guns even though he doesn't know how to while his bottom!

I must be one of those idiots I guess because my guns are put away in a very safe place or they are locked up when I have families with kids visiting. You never know who may be visiting your house.

[ChuckDizzle]

It is NOT being asked because of lead.... You hopefully know that.. Followed up by the question and are they properly locked up??

Lead worries in shooting is OVERBLOWN... Should they ask if you wear a seat belt and drive at or below the speed limit?
You support banning lead ammo in California?? Lead sinkers etc???

And NO!! It is NONE of their business!!

They do ask about child safety seats.

[audiophil2]

i always answer no to those questions but guns sometimes come up in conversation. a few days ago the doctor asked my kid if he likes sports like football and soccer. he told the doc he likes to go shooting. doc told him another patient is on the skeet team at asu.

i was taught to wash my hands when i was a toddler and my son was taught when he was a toddler. we have our lead level tested every 2 years and i just told the doc i work around industrial equipment. i go through a lot of latex gloves loading mags and cleaning guns. i rarely have my kid load mags. i won't pick on anyone that locks up their guns but my kid has been shooting since he was 5 and is better than most adults i see at the range. he has a lot to learn but he is above average. if i need him to have a gun in his hand im not worried about his maturity level. i will always worry he could hurt himself so he knows not to touch them unless he must. the mystery of guns was gone with him by the age of 7. by then he had handled hundreds of guns and shot machine guns. he also got to see the finality of a gunshot wound on animals to differentiate from nerf and video games.

its the parents that make guns a mystery that i worry about. ive seen grown adults shaking like a leaf while shooting a 22. make them scary and as if they will pop off a round just by staring at them funny and you get statisics. make yourself scarier than any gun or police officer and kids tend to respect them.

[Spyder]

I spent many months going to Stanford for chemo. Several times there were gun magazines in the waiting room. Surprised me, but didn't think a whole lot of it. Docs are human too, no need to be a dick about the question. Just don't answer it if you don't want to.

[SomeGuy75]

[Thoughts]

That sounds like a great compromise.

[mooner760HD]

From a mental health standpoint...

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...All good answers.

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Wrong. Only good answer is no. Not anyone's business to know unless I decide they should.

[howbobert]

Like said, if it is a written question, check no.

For a verbal question respond with this...

Why? Do you think I need one? If so, do you have any recommendations on what I should get and how to go about getting one.

[Exdc]

Doctors Office

Wrong. Only good answer is no. Not anyone's business to know unless I decide they should.

And the individuals I quoted opted to tell theirs. Nobody is telling you what to tell your own doctor. But I would argue that it shouldn't be a problem. Normalize gun ownership. How about, if you can't trust your doctor with your firearm ownership status, you probably shouldn't trust them with your health... Get a new doctor.


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[ChuckDizzle]

And the individuals I quoted opted to tell theirs. Nobody is telling you what to tell your own doctor. But I would argue that it shouldn't be a problem. Normalize gun ownership. How about, if you can't trust your doctor with your firearm ownership status, you probably shouldn't trust them with your health... Get a new doctor.


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I think this is what bothers me about so many calgunners and their fetishism over guns. It's almost like they relish the taboo of firearms in certain areas. I think many would actually dislike living where guns aren't a cool edgy anti-authoritarian thing.

[kmas]

Ridiculous

Find
a
New doctor

[AregularGuy]

This year Kaiser announced a $2 million initiative to study gun violence. They say they are going to study it like any other disease, scientifically, with propr research. They send out blurbs occasionally in company newsletters. Not sure I trust it. BUT if they really do a proper job I would be interested in the results. Will prove what we already know if they are honest about it.

[AregularGuy]

If you say yes they will put a permanent note in your chart under services that says something like:

Gun safety counseling given

This is similar to the counseling they give to someone who is overweight. They also get a not about obesity and healthy lifestyle counseling.

[Dragunov]

I must be one of those idiots I guess because my guns are put away in a very safe place or they are locked up when I have families with kids visiting. You never know who may be visiting your house.

A firearm is always within quick reach in my house. When family is visiting with kids, they are laying on the bed, in a room that is locked with a quick release that is too high for kids to reach, and one is behind the toilet tank, in a bathroom that kids aren't permitted to enter.

The only time they're locked up, is when we're away from home, and my 120lb GSD is in the house. If we take the dog, we take the firearms too.

[Dragunov]

i always answer no to those questions but guns sometimes come up in conversation. a few days ago the doctor asked my kid if he likes sports like football and soccer. he told the doc he likes to go shooting. doc told him another patient is on the skeet team at asu.

i was taught to wash my hands when i was a toddler and my son was taught when he was a toddler. we have our lead level tested every 2 years and i just told the doc i work around industrial equipment. i go through a lot of latex gloves loading mags and cleaning guns. i rarely have my kid load mags. i won't pick on anyone that locks up their guns but my kid has been shooting since he was 5 and is better than most adults i see at the range. he has a lot to learn but he is above average. if i need him to have a gun in his hand im not worried about his maturity level. i will always worry he could hurt himself so he knows not to touch them unless he must. the mystery of guns was gone with him by the age of 7. by then he had handled hundreds of guns and shot machine guns. he also got to see the finality of a gunshot wound on animals to differentiate from nerf and video games.

its the parents that make guns a mystery that i worry about. ive seen grown adults shaking like a leaf while shooting a 22. make them scary and as if they will pop off a round just by staring at them funny and you get statisics. make yourself scarier than any gun or police officer and kids tend to respect them.

True. This is the approach I took with mine. By the time they were 9, they had their own SKS, and AR.