I have a feeling, that before too long, Florida's state motto will be, "Don't ask questions. Just shoot." This wild and crazy trend continued recently when a federal appeals court upheld what has become known as the "physician gag rule," where doctors risk sanctions or even their license if they talk to patients about the dangers of guns.
The American Bar Association has been adamant in their opposition to the law, as the organization released this message: "Preventive care through safety counseling is a pillar of modern medicine, and is vitally important to the health and welfare of patients."
At least ten medical associations have also opposed the new law, including the American Psychiatric Association, which said that, "health professionals and health systems should ask about firearm ownership whenever clinically appropriate in the judgment of the physician."
So, in Florida, citizens supposedly have free speech, yet doctors don't have this right when talking about the dangers of firearms. Citizens have the right to "stand their ground" when they feel they're lives are threatened in any manner (even when it's not provable), yet doctors can't stand their ground when talking to a patient about the reality of gun violence when he or she feels they might be a threat to someone's life.
In light of all this, perhaps gun rights advocates in Florida should change their talking point from, "Guns don't kill people; people kill people!" to "Guns don't kill people; dangerous people with guns whom aren't informed by doctors about the dangers of firearms due to a law and then shooting and killing someone whom they claimed was a threat but really wasn't kill people!"
Alright, maybe we'll need to work on that and condense it a bit...
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/07/29/3464945/court-upholds-florida-law-that-punishes-doctors-for-talking-about-guns/
The American Bar Association has been adamant in their opposition to the law, as the organization released this message: "Preventive care through safety counseling is a pillar of modern medicine, and is vitally important to the health and welfare of patients."
At least ten medical associations have also opposed the new law, including the American Psychiatric Association, which said that, "health professionals and health systems should ask about firearm ownership whenever clinically appropriate in the judgment of the physician."
So, in Florida, citizens supposedly have free speech, yet doctors don't have this right when talking about the dangers of firearms. Citizens have the right to "stand their ground" when they feel they're lives are threatened in any manner (even when it's not provable), yet doctors can't stand their ground when talking to a patient about the reality of gun violence when he or she feels they might be a threat to someone's life.
In light of all this, perhaps gun rights advocates in Florida should change their talking point from, "Guns don't kill people; people kill people!" to "Guns don't kill people; dangerous people with guns whom aren't informed by doctors about the dangers of firearms due to a law and then shooting and killing someone whom they claimed was a threat but really wasn't kill people!"
Alright, maybe we'll need to work on that and condense it a bit...
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/07/29/3464945/court-upholds-florida-law-that-punishes-doctors-for-talking-about-guns/
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