Florida Doctors Ask Patients About Gun Ownership

“In Florida, a coalition of physicians with an anti-gun bent are insisting they have the right to ask patients whether they own guns and are storing them safely.” What I ask is, “what makes it any of their business?” so they’re trying to save their patient’s lives. So what? That doesn’t give them the right to delve into things that are none of their business, such as, “Do they own guns?” and “Do they have them safely stored?” How they think they’re going to get answers to these questions, I don’t know. Maybe they’re going to intimidate them by refusing to treat them if they don’t answer. The easy answer to that is, “Get me another doctor.” Florida passed a law against doctors asking such questions, and it is being fought on the grounds that asking such questions is “free speech.” But “free speech” is not involved. They can ask the questions all they like, so long as they recognize their patients’ “free speech right” to tell them to “go to hell.” Besides, free speech only applies to the GOVERNMENT restricting speech. Not a doctor’s patients. They have the right to tell the doctor to “go to hell.” If it happened to me, I'd definitely do it. (American Thinker)