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"I felt uneasy, but I stepped out so my son wouldn't be embarrassed," she told me, saying she figured they would ask drug and alcohol questions. Sam doesn't take drugs or alcohol, she said.
Later that day, Sam told her what the doctors had asked him.
"By the way, Mom," she recalled him saying, "when you were out of the room they asked me if we had any guns in the house."
"Now, with all this gun control legislation (in Illinois), I'm angry for many reasons," she said. "Why are they asking about guns in the hospital? Are they mandated by Obamacare to do so? Can they ask a minor about guns without a parent in the room? I'm really upset."
Advocate spokesman Mike Maggio told us he couldn't discuss this case for privacy reasons, but that gun questions are "not part of our protocol. It is not routine in any way. And it's not a standard practice."
Later Tuesday, Insley said she received a telephone call from Dr. Mark Butterly, head of the hospital's pediatric residency program. She said Butterly told her that it is indeed standard practice.
Originally posted by ManFromEurope
Well, they asked "o you get good grades in school? Do you get bullied?", too.
Always just guns, guns, guns.
So what? Is it only possible for an US-american man to be a man with a gun?
Is this some macho-thing going on - "look, my barrel is loooonger and wider than yours! And you should touch it, it is sooooo smoooth, as I tend to caress it daily with oils and fluids!"?
Stop being so childish. The rest of the world can get rid of its government, too - without weapons. Just look at the former German Democratic Republic. Completely overthrew their government, not a single shot needed. Why do you think that it would have to be different in the USA?
Originally posted by resoe26
Originally posted by ManFromEurope
Well, they asked "o you get good grades in school? Do you get bullied?", too.
Always just guns, guns, guns.
So what? Is it only possible for an US-american man to be a man with a gun?
Is this some macho-thing going on - "look, my barrel is loooonger and wider than yours! And you should touch it, it is sooooo smoooth, as I tend to caress it daily with oils and fluids!"?
Stop being so childish. The rest of the world can get rid of its government, too - without weapons. Just look at the former German Democratic Republic. Completely overthrew their government, not a single shot needed. Why do you think that it would have to be different in the USA?
We like our guns though.
We are pretty proficient with them as well.
Welcome to our Hood
Originally posted by marg6043
reply to post by ManFromEurope
And thank GOD for the second amendment in America.
Is not a darn business of any doctor to ask such a question to an underage teen.
Plain and simple and NY laws should be stick on Blomberg's mob stinky butt, now, that's an example of a Nazi wanna be with dreams of grandeur.
Originally posted by resoe26
Originally posted by ManFromEurope
Well, they asked "o you get good grades in school? Do you get bullied?", too.
Always just guns, guns, guns.
So what? Is it only possible for an US-american man to be a man with a gun?
Is this some macho-thing going on - "look, my barrel is loooonger and wider than yours! And you should touch it, it is sooooo smoooth, as I tend to caress it daily with oils and fluids!"?
Stop being so childish. The rest of the world can get rid of its government, too - without weapons. Just look at the former German Democratic Republic. Completely overthrew their government, not a single shot needed. Why do you think that it would have to be different in the USA?
We like our guns though.
We are pretty proficient with them as well.
Welcome to our Hood
Originally posted by GBP/JPY
reply to post by resoe26
Texas...here....yep....what resoe26 said.........
ya see....we're in the land of the wild wild west....with our guns...it's how the west was won. but note:
we read the Scripture to get our authority over oppression and evil.....we know that it says....and get THIS...
we will have to submit, the Scripture states that by the evil ones sorcery...SORCERY....we will be made to submit. we know ahead of time....We're sharp as they come....we have been told all things ahead of time....
it's all covered....all the details of every little mundane thing that could happen in life....READ ITedit on 23-1-2013 by GBP/JPY because: Yahushua is our new King !!edit on 23-1-2013 by GBP/JPY because: Yahweh is our new king
Originally posted by DAVID64
reply to post by ManFromEurope
Do you live here? Are you planning to live here? If no to both, it's really none of your business is it? How 'bout we start ridin' your ass about Hitler? Got your SS uniform neatly pressed and ready? See how generalizing a whole population works?
Now for something complete different.
So far, I haven't been asked about guns in the home and I have monthly doctor visits. When/If they do ask, I'll tell them it's none of their business, that it has no bearing on their treatment of my disease [RA] and I won't say yes or no. My kid's doctors have never asked us to step out and I won't if asked. If they insist, I'll walk out and find a new doctor.
Originally posted by DAVID64
reply to post by ManFromEurope
Do you live here? Are you planning to live here? If no to both, it's really none of your business is it? How 'bout we start ridin' your ass about Hitler? Got your SS uniform neatly pressed and ready? See how generalizing a whole population works?
Now for something complete different.
So far, I haven't been asked about guns in the home and I have monthly doctor visits. When/If they do ask, I'll tell them it's none of their business, that it has no bearing on their treatment of my disease [RA] and I won't say yes or no. My kid's doctors have never asked us to step out and I won't if asked. If they insist, I'll walk out and find a new doctor.
Originally posted by MDDoxs
Saw that coming.
Individuals taking it upon themselves trying to root out condemning information.
How long before this turns into neighbors reporting neighbors with accusations of mental health issues or gun related concerns. God forbid that the government glorifies peoples attempts to identify supposed "social dissidents"….
Just had a strange thought….Well not so strange as logical. If the government wanted to push this anti-gun agenda further, they would glorify/create a scenario in which a heroic doctor or member of public reported a suspicious person and potentially saved hundreds of lives to further enact additional policy that promotes public surveillance.
Slippery slope my friends, slipper slope.