Why is gun-owning community so opposed to being asked if they have guns?

I agree with what was said above. What about knives and baseball bats....screwdrivers....etc. There are 100 times more children killed every year because of other items in the household. So what in the heck is the reasoning?

One thing the gun grabbing community has never been able to do ...is prove that legal gun owners are irresponsible....and they never will. So they need to start making stuff up......
 
"It's none of your business!" (That's the polite version. :))

Just like you don't ask somebody how much money they have in the bank. Or ask a farmer or rancher how many acres they own, or ask a rancher how many head he runs.
 
My answer to the OP's question was in a certified mail letter to myself that I actually lost in a tragic boating accident, and I can no longer remember what it was.

Hey, I write these things down so I don't have to remember them!
 
I have no objection to someone giving me info about safety hazzards. For the doc - mentioning risks to the kid is just fine.

Keeping records that may be used against me - for governmental and/or insurance purposes - NOPE.

If I want to tell someone for my reasons, that's fine.
 
Seeing how the government is requiring doctors to have electronic health records in which this information is recorded (the privacy of which which can be potentially abused by an increasingly intrusive government), I believe acknowledging that I own firearms is nobody's business but my own.

When asked if we own any guns my wife and I both answer: "No. We don't like guns." That way there's no ambiguity and no telegraphing that we're being untruthful. Our private information remains private.
 
The doctor can let you go as a patient ("I'm sorry, you're going to have to find another primary care physician.") because you're not being cooperative with the doctor in regards your health care.
 
I find that most doctors I know are pro-gun or side with the pro-gun politicians even if they are not pro-gun. That's because tort reform and pro-gun politics are on the same side.

The bigger problem is when your doctor spends more time chatting guns with you and showing you pictures of the .50BMG rifle he is looking to purchase than he spends examining your pregnant wife! (Yes, true story! Excellent (and I mean excellent) doctor, too!!!)
 
Around here, folks ask me all the time if I own guns. It generally turns into a fun and interesting conversation about hunting and/or shooting. I shoot Sporting Clays and have hunted pheasants along side my doctor and have hunted Turkeys with my dentist. My son's girlfriends dad is a emergency room P.A. and we shot handguns at my private range again just last weekend. I gave my homeowners insurance agent a list of all my firearms last month because I added a rider to my policy. Folks who's children have come to my house, I know personally and they already know that I have guns. They generally do also. :D
 
Ironic isn't it........if anyone asks about a persons medical records they cry "it's a privacy issue". So why don't gun owners use the same line?


I'll be glad to give them all the info they want....provided they answer my questions first.

1) Provide a criminal & financial background check.

2) Provide Nurse and Doctor grade school, high school, medical school records and grades, complete with references.

3) Provide criminal background checks on all nurses and personnel that might have access to medical records.

4) Prove they can pass a drug and alcohol urine test.
 
-How much is your house worth?
-How much is your car worth?
-How much money do you carry?
-How much money is in your bank account?
-What is your net worth?
-What is your tax bracket?
-How much debt do you carry?
-Credit limit?
-How many (tens of) thousands (or more) of dollars of gun/hobby stuff do you have?

I have parts kits that are worth more than my big screen TV, and I made sure to dispose of the TV box clandestinely so it wouldn't disappear soon thereafter. Heck no it's none of anyone's (or their idiot junkie associate's) business whether or how many of a very valuable item I have in my possession. And Uncle Sam had better have very good reasons for inquiring about the same at the point of his guns' barrels before I'd considering giving him that info, either. I've not yet come across a reason to tell him that isn't also a much better reason not to tell him, so I avoid it if possible (it's usually not, since cool stuff is generally best found out of state :()

TCB
 
Derbel noted:
When asked if we own any guns my wife and I both answer: "No. We don't like guns." That way there's no ambiguity and no telegraphing that we're being untruthful. Our private information remains private.
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(We're in Austin, a highly anti-gun, left wing city)

My neighbor answered a door to door "citizens interest" survey last year. 20+ questions, couple were about "gun violence", and the final 1 about "his guns". (Surveyor walked away after) he said he smiled at her, then answered according to the Army's "this is my rifle, this is my gun" mantra that yes, he has a (certain barrel length/caliber)...as he grabs his crotch.

Another honest and humorous answer!
 
But please tell me how a person can be penalized for not answering a question.
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I'd still like to know how you can be penalized for not answering the question.
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There are many ways a person could be penalized, but the one that's particularly pertinent is exactly what sparked the Florida law that's made the news recently.

The person asking the question can deny you service if you refuse to answer, thereby forcing you to choose another provider instead of being able to use the provider you prefer.

In some cases, that might be a virtual non-issue. In other cases, depending on the circumstances (the number of providers in the area, the quality of other providers in the area, the type of insurance you have and what is accepted by other providers, etc.) being forced to switch providers could be quite a severe penalty.
 
Why is the anti-gun community so adamant about asking me if I have guns?

It's none of their business. In the case of my doctor asking, it has no bearing whatsoever on the health reason I may be seeing the doc for (even if they try to say it does).

Personally, I don't think I would answer that question from a doctor, I would rather find a new one than have that info (and much other info) in my medical records, especially now that our medical records are electronic by federal mandate and the Federal Government is now involved with health care.

If it comes right down to it, I could just lie to the doctor and say "no I don't have any guns".
 
I don't have kids at home any longer but I don't think I'd have a problem answering the question, certainly not the docs I have now.

This seems to be an easily avoidable issue. Why don't the docs just tell every parent to take precautions if they have guns at home? No need to know if parent actually owns a gun.
 
The doctor can let you go as a patient ("I'm sorry, you're going to have to find another primary care physician.") because you're not being cooperative with the doctor in regards your health care.
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I see. So it's a form of blackmail or extortion.

Thank God that my doc is an avid shooter and NRA member; I've even repaired some of his guns for him.
 
So, you're saying the government can allow a doctor to refuse you service for not answering a question about guns, but a baker has to bake a wedding cake for a same sex couple against the baker's beliefs?
Maybe that is and apples/oranges argument? But I think that if one is discrimination so is the other.
 
P5, gun owners aren't a protected class, so we can legally be discriminated against. I'm all for changing that, but then there's reality.
 
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