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That conversation with my doc went something like this:

Doc: Do you own firearms?
Me: Sure do.
Doc: Do you have a permit?
Me: Don't need a permit in the states where I'd be caught dead. Do you mean a Conceal Carry Permit?
Doc: Yes.
Me: Yes.
Doc: Are you carrying now?
Me: Right now, no, but I'm in my underwear.
Doc: Were you carrying when you came into the room?
Me: Yeah.
Doc: Did you pay attention to the sign out front forbidding firearms?
Me: I did. I also paid attention to the fact you don't have any means for protecting me while I'm on the premises. An armed guard would be nice.
Doc: (Gasp!)
Me: Do you want to see? (Reaching for my vest)
Doc: No. That's all right.
Me: Look, Doc. You've got me down as morbidly obese, right? Look at it this way: if we ever have an active shooter come by while I'm getting checked up, you and the rest of the office can use me as a shield while I shoot our way to the exit. There's a silver lining to every cloud.
Doc: Let's talk about your blood sugar.

I WAS ASKED WHEN I HAD MY YEARLY PHYSICAL. I SAID NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. HE SAID I'LL TAKE AS A YES.

I won't even admit to having a bit of the blues anymore. Always just so full of vim and vigor and high on good feelings I don't even need a doc.

An impertinent question is deserving of an inaccurate answer. Smile and say "Heavens, no!"

Does anyone know who's pushing this business?

I bet you tell him you have no problems getting an erection too.

The upper courts presently only exist to further the lieberal agenda. Nothing else matters to most of them.

Find another doctor. Any doctor stupid and arrogant enough to dare ask you such a question has concerns other than your health.

They have the right to ask--
we have the right to refuse to answer--

Use the Military answer about Nukes--
I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of guns in my home--

I haven't been asked yet. I was visiting the Dr today, thought it might come up and had decided I would just say that I was more of a knife type person.

It's just one more indicator of govt overreach. Hell, corporations are starting to do the same in a different way.

I call some of my mortgagors to ask a question and one of the first things out of the rep's mouth is "Is this a rental property?". I reply by telling them I own the property. If they insist on asking the question again, I tell them it's NOTFB and I will not be answering the question. Now, about the mortgage (or insurance).

As my better half works in the medical field, this intrusive line of questioning is being done solely for insurance compliance - which in turn reimburses clinics and hospitals.
But its genesis is the federal government, i.e. Obama and at the Dems to back door any information they can.

The question wasn't about collectin data on gun owners, according to my doc.

It was about O'Buckwheatcare mandates.

Won't last, thanks to president Trump, but docs is required to ask, and somehow answer, the question.

You don't answer, or smartass it, and you go down as "yes".

Reason why: if somehow, a firearm related injury occurred in your home, if O'Buckwheatcare had run its course and hit single payer or close to it, you would be assessed a penalty for havin the injury, due to your lifestyle choice, and hafta pay a higher deductible/percentage of the medical expenses.

BTW, they're doin the same thing right now, usin your BMI, blood pressure, blood sugar, etc.

It all goes into a database, to be used in an algorithm that would be used to increase your "contribution" to your own health care.

IOW, if you're "fat" and need a knee replacement, you were going to be assessed a higher percentage to pay than someone who was skinny.

And remember, the O'Buckwheatcare plan had IRS type collection. Instead of gettin sued, you was gonna get assessed leins on your real property, seized bank accounts, etc.

A hellhole we were never gonna get told about.

Well-stated, and spot on...