Pediatricians: where does daddy keep his guns?

[steve762]

From blogger Michelle Malkin (link):

Thanks to guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and supported by the commonwealth, doctors across Massachusetts are interrogating our kids about mom and dad’s “bad” behavior.

We used to be proud parents. Now, thanks to the AAP, we’re “persons of interest.”

The paranoia over parents is so strong that the AAP encourages doctors to ignore “legal barriers and deference to parental involvement” and shake the children down for all the inside information they can get.

And that information doesn’t stay with the doctor, either.

Debbie is a mom from Uxbridge who was in the examination room when the pediatrician asked her 5-year-old, “Does Daddy own a gun?”

When the little girl said yes, the doctor began grilling her and her mom about the number and type of guns, how they are stored, etc.

If the incident had ended there, it would have merely been annoying.

But when a friend in law enforcement let Debbie know that her doctor had filed a report with the police about her family’s (entirely legal) gun ownership, she got mad.

She also got a new doctor.

In fact, the problem of anti-gun advocacy in the examining room has become so widespread that some states are considering legislation to stop it.

Last year, my 7-year-old was asked about my guns during his physical examination. He promptly announced to the doctor that his father is the proud owner of a laser sighted plasma rifle perfect for destroying Throggs.

At least as of this writing, no police report has been filed.

“I still like my previous pediatrician,” Debbie told me. “She seemed embarrassed to ask the gun questions and apologized afterward. But she didn’t seem to have a choice.”

Of course doctors have a choice.

They could choose, for example, to ask me about my drunken revels, and not my children.

They could choose not to put my children in this terrible position.

They could choose, even here in Massachusetts, to leave their politics out of the office.

But the doctors aren’t asking us parents.

They’re asking our kids.

(Of course, the article was from Mass but it's part of a nationwide effort)

[bradjc72]

I hope I don't get in trouble with the forum moderators, but this is outright bullshit. When is it their business how my family lives, and what we own. Do we ask them if their husband or wife is good in the sack at home? NO WAY, and they shouldn t be asking us about our personal lives unless it involves the direct reason that they are in the doctors office for.

[NineseveN]

This is a duplicate of - http://www.pafoa.org/forum/lounge-10...d-spy-you.html

Which is a Duplicate of - http://www.pafoa.org/forum/general-2...-behavior.html



Which is also, IMHO, a duplicate of - http://www.pafoa.org/forum/general-2...t-weapons.html (but since that's older, well, you know).


Is the search or "new posts" button broken?

[Emptymag]

Oh, you just gotta be kidding me...


'Scuse me while I go start a few threads on what caliber is best or where I'm allowed to carry...