However there is a world of difference in asking t of someone that is at risk vs asking it of patients on a routine basis or of querying their kids.
And is saying that it's not prohibited for Drs to ask the question the same thing as saying that Drs should ask the question routinely?
AFAICT, the two are not the same.
Also afaict, there's no indication that Drs have been asked to ask the question routinely.
Is there some language in the EO which says that Drs are required to ask us about our firearms any more often than they have in the past 237 years?
Or...do you support them also inquiring about every other potential dangerous action and behavior?
I suupoert Drs being free to make the decision however they see fit.
They have been able to ask the question my entire life. In all these years, I have never been asked that question. So, I think Drs are capable of handling the ability to ask people about their firearms responsibly.
Is there some reason why you think Drs will suddenly become irresponsible busybodies just because Obama verbalized an aspect of the status quo?
Doctors roles are not to query patients, teach patients about the eeeeevils of firearms, or act as a grand inquisitor. Working as closely with doctors as I do I can tell you that most WON'T.
I know. We have centuries of history of living with Drs who have been allowed to ask us about firearms.
Before a week ago, no one seemed to notice our centuries of living with this incredible threat, (to w/e the hell it's a threat to), to complain about it.
I don't think it has been that big of a deal--at least not until Obama said aloud that Drs have this ability.
Then this hysteria broke out.
They MAY have their intern or administrative secretary give community health surveys.
FYI, Obamacare expressly prohibits the govt collecting that sort of data. So even if your Dr asks you about it, the govt doesn't get to know. That proscription on the govt collecting the data is the reason for the clarification, afaict.