Gun in the house

[bbroj]

If I have to explain what Durham County, NC is, you won't understand..

I live in Chapel Hill and work in Durham. I'm not (currently) a gun owner, care to explain?

[CigarSki®]

At our most recent physicals, the doctor asked us both about having guns in the house. The answer of course was, NO.

[Conrad]

My wife just had a physical this past week and I had one in the Spring, our doctor never asked about guns.

I asked my wife what she would have told the doc if asked. She said that it's none of the doc's damn business if we have guns or not.   

[Cholla]

You guys can't understand that? No wonder we're in such a mess!

[gPink]

Understand what,specifically?

[Cholla]

Has anyone bothered to read this thread?

[Conrad]

Has anyone bothered to read this thread?

No, should we? Not reading a thread has never stopped us from commenting before you know?

[VirginiaJim]

Has anyone bothered to read this thread?

Sorry, you're in the wrong thread....

You should be here...

http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=7619.0

You, as well, Conrad.

[Pokey]

I would reply in my most irritated voice "none of your damn business".

[VirginiaJim]

Actually, that's your normal mode but I agree with the sentiment.  I haven't run into that yet on anything I've had to fill out.

[Nosmo]

I have not been asked this question, but if I were, my answer would be:  "Well, no, there are no guns in my house. I am wearing all of them right now."

[Lone-Rider]

A Dr. asked me the question once and my reply was "Does your wife like it in the butt?" I could tell I shocked him and I followed up with "Too personal? Well, that has about as much relevance to our business here today as whether I have guns in the house."

He never asked a second time.

[booger]

I would reply in my most irritated voice "none of your damn business".

Pokey, my answer would be "no Agent Asshole, I no longer own any of the 250+ guns I have bought in the past 40 years"

[booger]

If I have to explain what Durham County, NC is, you won't understand..

Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Mr. Kotter I know.  Durham County, NC .  That's where the Ruby Ridge incident........no, that's in Northern Idaho.

It was the David Koresh and the Branch Dividians..........no, that was outside Waco, Texas.

I'm confused.  What significance is DurhamCounty, NC?

[Leo]

I do not know who, if anybody, is having the Medical people ask this question.  I have been hospitalized 3 times this year at two different hospitals because I keep having heart attacks.  I have been asked that at both different hospitals, it was on one of the insurance forms and the cardiac rehab place wanted to know.  The place that did my stress test wanted to know if I was a hunter, police officer or in the military. I just told them "no".  That is my short slang for "no I will not answer that question"

[Pokey]

Pokey, my answer would be "no Agent Asshole, I no longer own any of the 250+ guns I have bought in the past 40 years"

Or yes.......I have guns buried all over the state of Ohio, and some out of state too.

[ZG]

A Dr. asked me the question once and my reply was "Does your wife like it in the butt?" I could tell I shocked him and I followed up with "Too personal? Well, that has about as much relevance to our business here today as whether I have guns in the house."

He never asked a second time.

 
 

 

[midnightrider]

That question is on the questionare I fill out at my annual physical each year. My doctor says its the insurance company that wants to know. He is an avid hunter and shooter like the rest of us and doesn't like it, but the insurance company reguires it for a physical. I always leave it blank.

[Strawboss]

It has to do with laws concerning domestic violence. Theres all sorts of forms and paperwoork that needs done when a patients checks into a hoospital. Some docs ask as part of their protocols, some insurance companies ask, etc... They ask questions to all patients about if they feel threatened, do they live alone, are they afraid to go back home, does anybody want to hurt them and so on, the gun question is included as part of the law passed. Not sure if its part of a grand plan, I'm sure folks who want could glean info off it, but as always deny, deny,deny.

[ARS]

Maybe I'm a glass is half full guy.  Many of us don't give humanity enough credit.  If our economy crashed, or a physical disaster strikes most people would strap up their boots and pull together, not apart.  I for one will not live my life in a constant state of fear, if the big meteor is about to render us extinct I'll be watching it come in my lawn chair with a beer in one hand and a fine cigar in the other.