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Does Your Doctor Want To Disarm You?

Mike H. said:
Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Does Your Doctor Want To Disarm You?” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/does-your-doctor-want-to-disarm-you/.

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Good for you, Doc! I get my medical care from the VA and here in East Tennessee, I’ve never met an anti gun care provider and most of my Docs also carry “off campus.”

I didn’t become a high school educator until after I married one in 1988 and like you, one of my jobs prior to that was as a Cold War Infantry Officer. I did a stint as my Division’s Pistol Team XO. A spot I earned via Division and Installation wide competition. Later I joined IDPA when it first formed. I’ve now also been an instructor these last 35 years.

I taught AP American Government in one inner city high school in Miami Florida where there were a bunch of vets in the classroom. After the Columbine massacre we all got together and talked. We agreed NOT HERE, NOT ON OUR WATCH. Oddly enough, we were the “conservative pariahs” and banished to the exterior portable classrooms. That was fine. After Columbine, everyone started to keep either a 1911 .45 auto or a few had AR’s in their vehicles. We even put together a little operations order for action if we detected a shooter. I never felt safer in any school environment. Now, I’m retired but I still carry. Especially when I travel the Appalachian Mountains. Usually it’s a Springfield Armory 1911 TRP OPERATOR in 10mm.
 
This kind if question would be on the pre appointment screening and they'd either just have you fill it out in the waiting room (most likely) or the Medical Assistant would ask you while she's taking your vitals. The only exception to that would be if the Doctor were going to prescribe a drug such as Lyrica (which has a known side effect of increasing suicidal ideation and tendencies) to you and then it just might be a legitimate question.

All of my providers are VA. I've never been asked and I never give them a reason to ask
 
Mike H. said:
Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Does Your Doctor Want To Disarm You?” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/does-your-doctor-want-to-disarm-you/.

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The very first week we moved into the Tri Cities of East Tennessee, there was a big story in the paper where an active shooter went into a doctor’s office and killed his ex wife, a physician and a tech. Just as he was about to start on the patients in the waiting room, one of them drew his own pistol and got control of the situation. This was December of 2018. The local news correctly called the armed patient a hero and he was honored. That was when I knew we’d made the correct decision on where to retire!
 
Mellgard said:
. Most hospitals even down here don't allow firearms.
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same up here, in New England.

in fact, several months ago, some whack job was at the hospital for observation, or whatever else they call it.

he grabbed a males nurse, and slammed him against a wall, so bad, he was in the hospital for several weeks.

if that whack job got out, and found a gun, no telling what else may have happened.

it's not the first time this whacko did this..!!

thing is, there was no police with him, and he wasn't strapped or belted, or cuffed onto the gurney, or as he was sitting in the room....

that ticks me off, a mental deficient not restrained.

why..wasn't he restrained, why wasn't security with him.??

i dunno.

www.wpri.com

RI man accused of attacking nurse was already facing charges in prior hospital assault

George Bower, 37, has attacked nurses at both Rhode Island Hospital and Fatima Hospital in the last year.
www.wpri.com www.wpri.com
 
AZ is very specific about where one is prohibited to carry a firearm, ie schools, secure police facility, some government buildings, voting, court, jail, and on site liquor consumption (a liquor control violation) if one chooses to consume on site.

I see local hospitals that quote a specific AZ statute prohibiting bringing in a firearm inside. The statute says nothing about a hospital being a prohibited place, nor are banks or churches or doctors offices. Costco used to post a sign quoting the same statute. I pointed out the specific statute did not apply to Costco and the sign came down. Private property owners do have rights, can ask a person to leave if observed carrying a weapon onto the property. Refuse to comply and law enforcement may escort you off the private property or cite for trespass.

If a prohibition sign has a statute reference, read that statute carefully.
 
az4783054 said:
I always ask how the doctor/fnp feels about the 2nd Amendment when we initially interview since many offices have 'no firearms' signs on the door, which by state law doesn't apply to LE retirees. The state enacted it's own version of LEOSA years ago. The signs are in place because their insurance company "demands" it.

I tell the doctor/fnp up front that I am retired LE. So far everyone of them is 2A supportive. One doctor pulled up his sweater to show me his Glock 19. His staff all carry, in fact the doctor paid for his staff to attend Gunsite.

When answering the medical history questions and it's asked, I leave it blank. But it's not a crime to lie...
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Now that is a good employer
 
Taking care of police officers, there are times the table next to my scale looks like a sales cabinet in a gun store. I once counted 5 there because I had 3 officers in exam rooms. Add my duty belt and back up for a well equipped office.
 
My PCP and I had that conversation when he saw my empty holster on my belt.
“Yes his office is a gun free zone”
And I respect that.
We talked guns and he admitted he and his whole family carry and shoot.
A great doctor.
 
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