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Mark B:
A friend went in yesterday for his annual checkup at his Doctor in Wakefield. While he was in the Exam room the Doctor asked, Do you own guns? Do you keep them locked up? Friends reply was, what does this have to do with my exam? Has anyone had this experience? I will be going in a couple of months and would like to be polite but very firm in letting him know that it's no business of his.

tackle8:
I have never been asked.  If I am ever asked, I will find a new doc.

Phantom:
Ask the Doctor back ...

Why do I have Lead poisoning ?

wcr:
Year or so I was asked.  I also noticed the answers were being typed into a computer form which means they put into a database.  I just said I preferred not to answer.  I asked why he need that information, and got some BS about for men my age suicide by guns was not that uncommon.  Since I wasn't depressed or having any mental problems I figured it was just the government trying to build a database, so didn't answer.  The doc said he had just gone through this with another patient (gun owner) just three hours before.  My degree is in CS.  It is very easy to create a database from this info.  Also is your wife or child being asked the same questions and how are they answering?  Easy to run a database query for your last name and address and see if the answere for you, your spouse, and children match.    I'll let your minds wonder who this is shared with and why the questions are there.

shooter:
I was asked this maybe a year ago when I was in hospital, what I told the person writing stuff down, I cant print here!

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