Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Doctors asking if you have guns in your home...why?

I've heard this a few times. But have never experienced it.

Yesterday I started with a new doc and new office. Filled out 4 or 5 forms and answrred a bunch of questions from the nurse and doc since they didn't know me. Not one mention of firearms.

this is done by liberal doctors. They give the info, not to the government, but to their liberal doctor associations, who use the data to push for gun control.
That is why not all doctors ask. Only the anti gun, agenda driven ones are doing this.

A friend of mine just informed me that he was asked by his doctor's office if he had any guns in his home.

Not to cut short anybody's chance to rant, but I think the vast majority of us already agree that a doctor has NO business asking us if we have guns in our homes. Let's not make that the issue.

What I want to know is what do they do with the information they collect?

Does anybody here know? What if some guy admits that he has 4 guns in his house, what does the doctor do with that information?

Counsel the guy out of owning guns? Send a report to the government? Suggest a gun safety course? What?

Thanks!

Part of the obamacare issue. Had a nurse ask me that when we got a new doctor after the old one left. She started in with the questions, I cut it short by asking her what her favorite sexual position was...she looked shocked and I just replied turnabout is fair play. You get to ask a question then I do

Some things are just none of others people's business.

In the Affordable Care Act, the gun lobby�s section is in Title X, starting on page 2,037, line 23. �Protection of Second Amendment Gun Rights� contains five provisions mostly dedicated to shutting down conversation about guns in medicine. What do these sections contain?

Wellness and prevention programs may not require the disclosure or collection of information relating to the presence or storage of a lawfully possessed firearm or the use of a firearm. At least the law didn�t say we couldn�t ask about it, we just have to do it clandestinely.

The next provision states we can�t collect data related to owning or using firearms. So we can�t write it down? Sounds like an effective way to stifle research related to gun violence so we can no longer prove that easier access to guns increases the risk of mass violence.

Provision three states we can�t use or maintain records of individual ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition. I�m fine with that not being allowed in medicine, but that information should be tracked somewhere. A person amassing an arsenal should raise an eyebrow.

Provision four limits the ability to determine rates or eligibility for health insurance based on gun ownership. Now why is that even in there? Title I of the ACA states that insurance will be guaranteed issue so no one can be turned down. Even if they own enough guns to hunt every squirrel in the United States, they will qualify for health insurance. Just so the gun owners have the correct information, rates are based on only four factors � age, location, number of family members, and smoking status. Wait � guns smoke, so maybe they thought that was meant for gun owners.

The final provision related to gun owners is that individuals do not have to disclose they own a gun. We know you can�t make people tell the truth, but fortunately most people in the throes of mental anguish and considering violence will tell the truth when asked.

��(c) PROTECTION OF SECOND AMENDMENT GUN RIGHTS.�
As added by section 10101(e)(2)

(1) WELLNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS
�A wellness and health promotion activity implemented under subsection (a)(1)(D) may not require the disclosure or collection of any information relating to�
(A) the presence or storage of a lawfully-possessed firearm or ammunition in the residence or on the property of an individual; or
(B) the lawful use, possession, or storage of a firearm or ammunition by an individual.

(2) LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION
�None of the authorities provided to the Secretary under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that Act shall be construed to authorize or may be used for the collection of any information relating to -
(A) the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition;
(B) the lawful use of a firearm or ammunition; or
(C) the lawful storage of a firearm or ammunition.

(3) LIMITATION ON DATABASES OR DATA BANKS
�None of the authorities provided to the Secretary under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that Act shall be construed to authorize or may be used to maintain records of individual ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition.

(4) LIMITATION ON DETERMINATION OF PREMIUM RATES OR ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE
�A premium rate may not be increased, health insurance coverage may not be denied, and a discount, rebate, or reward offered for participation in a wellness program may not be reduced or withheld under any health benefit plan issued pursuant to or in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that Act on the basis of, or on reliance upon�
(A) the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition; or
(B) the lawful use or storage of a firearm or ammunition.

(5) LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS
�No individual shall be required to disclose any information under any data collection activity authorized under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that Act relating to�
(A) the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition; or
(B) the lawful use, possession, or storage of a firearm or ammunition.