Aknazer
Regular Member
What official capacity?? If the government wants to make rules for official government doctors, have at it. This is a private physician, and he should be free to ask about gun ownership or not. The patient should be free to answer or not. The doctor and the patient should be free to continue or terminate their relationship as each sees fit. That is Liberty.
The one thing the doctor should not do is reveal information he learns about the patient, except as necessary to others involved in the provision of treatment. The ownership of guns would never be necessary information for treatment and, therefore, should never be passed on to anyone else.
If the law is not clear on this one point, it should be made clear. Other than that, this should be a non-issue. This law restricts Liberty in an unnecessary way. It should be struck down.
It is in the defense of Liberty for others that we most effectively protect our own.
I was saying if the doctor is acting in his official capacity. As in, if he is being one's doctor as opposed to simply asking the question to people outside of the workplace. The point is to prevent unreasonable discrimination, so I guess you feel that ALL anti-discrimination laws should be repealed and that the government shouldn't have stepped in to stop the discrimination of blacks and minorities and should have just sat back and let "the people" work it out? Or maybe you just have the ideal view of the world and would ignore how like minded people can easily collude to suppress those that they don't like. After all if most/all doctors in your area refuse to give you service unless you answer "no" to the gun question you can just take your business to a place that's a town or 10 away from where you live