Have you ever taken a gun ownership poll?

[Airhasz]

It's a regular question on every federally mandated D.O.T. physical I have taken in the last ten years for my commercial drivers license. They ask my kids as well if I use the school system's doc for sport's physicals for them. My wife reports that they ask that question at every new doctor she's visited for quite a while.

Ah, now I see why the topic come up.

[Bulletdog]

Why the he'll would your doctor ask if you have guns???

Its a new trend over the last few years. Its a way for more people to keep more tabs on you. Its basically a de-facto gun registry. Now with Obamacare tying the government into all the healthcare, its a way for them to keep track of what you've got. Many doctors are very anti-gun and they would like to treat gun ownership like a "disease" and eradicate it. What's worse is they get your kids alone and ask them, "Does daddy have any guns in the house?" This is despicable and low, but it happens, so warn your family and go over this ahead of time. My whole family is instructed to answer as I do: "Not relevant. None of your business." How they respond to my answer dictates what I do next. If they apologize and inform me that its a question they are required to ask, I will tell them they shouldn't be asking and quickly move on to questions relevant to whatever I am there for. If they show any sort of indignation or press harder, we have a more serious discussion followed by my departure from their office.

[SilverBullet432]

It's a regular question on every federally mandated D.O.T. physical I have taken in the last ten years for my commercial drivers license. They ask my kids as well if I use the school system's doc for sport's physicals for them. My wife reports that they ask that question at every new doctor she's visited for quite a while.

I recently got my CDL, no firearms questions of any type. Besides, that is none of their business.

[MountainRaven]

If I don't recognize the phone number, I don't answer the phone. If it's important, they'll leave a message and I'll call them back. Polling places usually don't show up on the phone with numbers and they don't usually leave messages with call back numbers.

As far as when a doctor asks about whether or not I own a firearm, I'll tell them, "I own a Ruger 22," - just like everybody else in Montana.

[Koshinn]

I'd rather flat out lie and say "no" than say "not relevant" because "not relevant" means "yes."

[brushy bill]

I didn't come up with it, but saw it here on another thread sometime back. Respond by asking them an intimately personal question about their wife's sexual preferences. When they act surprised, respond with, "OK, so are we done with irrelevant personal questions now".

[Bulletdog]

I didn't come up with it, but saw it here on another thread sometime back. Respond by asking them an intimately personal question about their wife's sexual preferences. When they act surprised, respond with, "OK, so are we done with irrelevant personal questions now".

I will try this out at my very next opportunity and report back.

[Bulletdog]

I'd rather flat out lie and say "no" than say "not relevant" because "not relevant" means "yes."

I see your point, and I have done that before when the question comes up. I've also answered the question of whether or not I own guns with, "Do you?"

Lately though I would much prefer to make them squirm under the weight of their grossly inappropriate questions and make them uncomfortable by pointing out the fallacies of their POV and agenda. I will not answer any polls, but I do make it a point to talk about the gun issue whenever its seems relevant to me. There are as many strategies for this as there are people to discuss it with. I try to use whatever tactic will win people over, or at least expose them to a POV they might never have otherwise though of, but doctors asking these questions raise my ire, so they get some gruff back for it. How much gruff they get depends on their reaction to the first taste of gruff I give them.