Not just that, but we've already had someone say that they'd drop you as a patient if you refused to answer "THE" question.
Actually most of my casual acquaintances and neighbors probably have no idea I own a gun and that isn't by accident. As far as people with something to hide, well if a patient is a convicted felon he isn't going to say that he owns a firearm. He very well may be high on the list needing counseling about gun safety and children, but it ain't happenin'.
As I've stated, I open carry at my Dr's office, so I am not trying to hide anything there. It has started conversations about guns with most of the Drs and nurses there at some point.
Firearm Injuries and Children: A Policy Statement of the American Pediatric Surgical Association - ScienceDirect
kids die from firearms 4X more than being struck by a car. You can disagree that guns are evil, but you can't disagree that they are the number 2 cause of traumatic death in kids. Add to that permanent disability and you are looking at a lot of kids.
if your pediatrician ignores that, then you need a new doc. If you are so prideful and arrogant as to refuse to hear about ways to keep your kids safe and be educated about dangers, then I hope you swallow your pride and allow people to try to help.
hell, why not just avoid vaccines for your kids. The odds of them getting measles is REALLY low. But no, you'll vaccinate because measles sucks. But you won't listen to a doc ask about guns.
When we we ask certain questions, it pisses some people off and we have a bad experience. So then we are less likely to ask the question to the next person. If you do this to a doc and they don't remind the next dad to secure his guns and his kid shoots himself or his brother, you will be partly to blame, but you'll never know so clean conscience for you
