The 11th Circuit Creates A Fiction To Justify Gagging Florida Doctors Who Talk About Guns.

by mikethegunguy

Nobody in the GVP or medical communities (except Rand Paul) is happy with the decision by the 11^th Circuit to continue upholding the Docs-Glock statute enacted in the Gunshine State.  But there was a comment in the latest decision which may, in the long run, make the argument in support of the law null and void. But before I explain why I think there may be a silver lining, I should spend a few words discussing where the case stands right now.

As you probably know, the original law was enacted

in 2011 and similar statutes have been introduced but not voted in at least 12 other states.  Basically the law prohibits physicians from asking patients about gun ownership unless the physician believes that access to guns poses an immediate health risk. But by asking physicians to limit inquiries about any matter unless they have already decided that such inquiries might reveal a medical risk is to stand the entire methodology for assessing patient health on its head.The pro-gun bunch has been trying to push medicine out of the gun debate ever since physicians first began talking about guns as risk to health.  The gun industry continues to pretend that we should ignore endless studies which show that gun ownership is linked to increases in both homicide and suicide rates; in fact, they promote the fiction that guns are a positive social element because

it’s an armed citizenry that protects us from violence and crime.

Read the rest of mikethegunguy’s blog post here: The 11th Circuit Creates A Fiction To Justify Gagging Florida Doctors Who Talk About Guns.