06-20-2013, 11:08 AM
(06-20-2013, 10:12 AM)sally Wrote: The bill says that doctors wouldn't be prohibited from asking patients about guns in their homes, it didn't say patients are required by law to tell them. They ask if you do recreational drugs on the paperwork, but you certainly don't have to tell them that either if you don't want to. So again I don't see what that the big deal is since it would be aimed more towards mental health and pediatrics.
You're right.
It's not a big deal. It was part of the Executive Action enacted by Obama. It wasn't included in the gun safety bill and wasn't subject to vote. It's a done deal. It was just a clarification that Obama-care doesn't prohibit doctors from asking and patients don't have to answer. Same as before Obama-care.
I'll post the background in the Gun thread.