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BruceWane

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25. ...and by the way........

Reply to A Round Tuit (Reply #23)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 11:17 AM

Feb 2017

........just like the smoker who shops doctors until he finds one that won't keep hassling him to quit, if there's anything you don't like about your doctor's feedback, you can try another.

It shouldn't be illegal for doctors to talk about known statistical medical risks.

Talking about health risks of gun ownership isn't political. The attempt to criminalize it is what makes it political.

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Court rules that Florida doctors can talk to patients about guns [View all] teach1st Feb 2017 OP

GOOD! FUCK YOU, NRA!!!!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #1

+100 nt iluvtennis Feb 2017 #6

Outstanding. (nt) Paladin Feb 2017 #2

I can't believe we are wasting time on all this, but a great outcome. LisaM Feb 2017 #3

What next? better Feb 2017 #4

I remember the time our pediatrician asked me about guns in our house. enough Feb 2017 #5

What a nightmare that must have been. halobeam Feb 2017 #26

That is nuts that they have to pass a law allowing doctors to talk to patients about guns. C Moon Feb 2017 #7

Not nearly as nuts as ManiacJoe Feb 2017 #12

That is NOT what the court said. It said that it does not violate the tblue37 Feb 2017 #21

Correct about the court. ManiacJoe Feb 2017 #22

It seems that the discrimination part was left standing, according to a NYT article: petronius Feb 2017 #29

No. They passed a law disallowing doctors from marybourg Feb 2017 #13

Sorry. That's what I meant: it's nuts that this had to even be done. C Moon Feb 2017 #17

Gunners will tell us how they'd switch doctors if one spoke to them about their gun habit. Hoyt Feb 2017 #8

Heck, both my Doctor and his wife shoot HiPower with the same club I do. oneshooter Feb 2017 #9

In what staTE? mpcamb Feb 2017 #11

Texas n/t oneshooter Feb 2017 #15

Then he would be the perfect doctor to talk marybourg Feb 2017 #14

At which point a GOP doctor says: "When holding a gun, point it away from people" tenorly Feb 2017 #10

I don't know what his politics are. oneshooter Feb 2017 #16

The post referred to GOP attitudes on the street - not the judge's. tenorly Feb 2017 #18

That's the pattern! "He threatened to take mah lahfe, and he reached for his waist." Judi Lynn Feb 2017 #19

And the ALEC finks who wrote the Stand Your Ground laws knew that very thing would happen. tenorly Feb 2017 #20

Who the fuck cares? A Round Tuit Feb 2017 #23

Gun ownership is a medical risk BruceWane Feb 2017 #24

...and by the way........ BruceWane Feb 2017 #25

This inane law was a classic example of a slippery slope fallacy J_William_Ryan Feb 2017 #27

You're damned skippy! Aristus Feb 2017 #28