doctors cannot ask about guns

[Reba]

Now there is a misuse of funding.

You think a pamphlet on gun safety for kids is a misuse of funding? Even if it saves lives?

I guess all those other pamphlets in the doctor's waiting room are a big waste of money, too.

 

[jillio]

so are you telling me that gun violence is #1 cause of child injury and death?

Read all of the words in my post Jiro.

 

[jillio]

You think a pamphlet on gun safety for kids is a misuse of funding? Even if it saves lives?

I guess all those other pamphlets in the doctor's waiting room are a big waste of money, too.

Did I say that? But a better use of the same resources is to have a one on one conversation of any topic in health care.

 

[Jiro]

Read all of the words in my post Jiro.

I did and I can't understand it clearly because it's full of contradiction and obfuscation.

 

[Jiro]

Did I say that? But a better use of the same resources is to have a one on one conversation of any topic in health care.

doctor should know enough not to lecture to patient on subject that he is not qualified with because that's a legal trouble.

doctor should refer them to police officer or NRA-certified Range Safety Officer.

 

[jillio]

I did and I can't understand it clearly because it's full of contradiction and obfuscation.

Then you left out words when you attempted to quote me. What I said is perfectly clear.

 

[jillio]

doctor should know enough not to lecture to patient on subject that he is not qualified with because that's a legal trouble.

doctor should refer them to police officer or NRA-certified Range Safety Officer.

Oh, please. Pot meet kettle!

 

[deafskeptic]

No, it's a routine question just like "are there smokers in the house".

So why have I never been asked this question?

 

[somedeafdudefromPNW]

Then you left out words when you attempted to quote me. What I said is perfectly clear.

I wanna play the deaf card.

But then I will be branded as audist.

 

[jillio]

More than pediatricians asking parents if they keep a gun in their home, I am concerned about the people who would respond to such a harmless question with such paranoia that do own guns.

 

[jillio]

I wanna play the deaf card.

But then I will be branded as audist.

Won't work, unless you want to claim language dysfluency.

 

[Jiro]

Oh, please. Pot meet kettle!

so you have no problem with unqualified doctors lecturing them about gun safety issue especially since they don't own guns?

 

[Banjo]

so are you telling me that gun violence is #1 cause of child injury and death?

Firearm injuries are the third leading cause of death in the age range of 10 to 14, second in the age range of 15 to 24. Above them are auto accidents and cancer.

http://www.mckenzie-pediatrics.com/shop/images/GunArticle.pdf

It may not be the number one cause, but it's still a significant lead.

 

[jillio]

So why have I never been asked this question?

Do you have children? The issue is regarding pediatricians and the questions they routinely ask parents.

 

[jillio]

Firearm injuries are the third leading cause of death in the age range of 10 to 14, second in the age range of 15 to 24. Above them are auto accidents and cancer.

http://www.mckenzie-pediatrics.com/shop/images/GunArticle.pdf

It may not be the number one cause, but it's still a significant lead.

And still the most preventable. That is the word Jiro keeps ignoring.

 

[deafskeptic]

Do you have children? The issue is regarding pediatricians and the questions they routinely ask parents.

Well no. I wonder if you've been asked this question.

 

[Banjo]

So you have no problem with doctors marking it in their files?

Like that would affect anything. Doctors often keep records of everything, even if it seems pretty irrelevant to the average Joe.

 

[jillio]

so you have no problem with unqualified doctors lecturing them about gun safety issue especially since they don't own guns?

Who says they are unqualified. I don't.

How do you know they don't own guns. I know plenty of doctors who own guns, one of them was my son's pediatrician. Did I consider him unqualified to discuss gun safety with parents? No. And not because he was a gun owner. Because he had received the training necessary to discuss all areas of child welfare and health.

 

[Banjo]

And still the most preventable. That is the word Jiro keeps ignoring.

Right, it's preventable. Too bad ridiculous laws and arguments cannot be prevented.

 

[jillio]

Like that would affect anything. Doctors often keep records of everything, even if it seems pretty irrelevant to the average Joe.

And completely inaccessible. The only logical reason I can think of that someone would not want a record of their gun ownership is if they were planning to use it in the commission of a crime.