who carries at the doctors offices

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

i was at the doctors offices today and for got to take my gun out and lock it up in the glove box. i was in there getting my back checked out like i do every month. i wore my gun in a small of the back holster. he pulled up my shirt and thats when it hit me i have my G-38 on me he never said a word he checked me out give me my prescriptions and said take care ill see you next month. i thought that was cool that he was cool about it

Edited March 13, 2008 by GLOCKGUY

[strickj]

I carry at all my doctors,esp at Erlanger.Never been a problem.I think doctors know us to well(some better then others[instert glove snap here:eek:) to think we are there to cause harm.

[SkWaShDeM]

Just wait till you see the look on some 22 year old, fresh out of college, nurse's face when she pulls up your shirt to listen to your heart/lungs with her stethoscope only to find a holstered handgun in your waistband.

[Marswolf]

Why should there be a problem?

[strickj]

That would make my day,and to think alot of them are not that old yet.I had one;one time doing an internship I would almost swear was a teen

[DWARREN123]

Don't ask, don't tell.

[Fallguy]

Why should there be a problem?

+1

[Guest jackdog]

do it all the time, no big deal. One of my Doctors has ghost busters sign on the door but they never say anything to me.

[tnroadrunner]

My doctor is located in the same building as the hospital and there are correct signs saying no weapons allowed, so I can not carry to his office.

[TGO David]

My doctor knows to deduct 4lbs from my weight on the scale for whatever I may be carrying at the moment. We have an... understanding.

[Guest BG38357]

I do. No problems, so far.

[Guest bulletproof]

I can't carry in the building where my doctor is. Although it doesn't have a correctly worded sign it still leaves no doubt because it says "handgun permit holders are not exempt". So I park on the street and leave the gun in the car. He has seen my empty holster many times and never said anything.

[Marswolf]

I wonder why they don't just put up a properly worded sign? Maybe they want a loophole.

[Fallguy]

Possibly, but then you wouldn't think the would specifically target HCP holders in the wording.

Probably either don't know the law or don't care and think the shouldn't have to post a "legal" sign.

[strickj]

I wonder why they don't just put up a properly worded sign? Maybe they want a loophole.

Your in the wrong thread.You want the "I wonder why" thread.Molon,can you move this please!

[molonlabetn]

Howabout I merge this thread with that one, and throw in some survivalist compound posts for good measure?

Doctors:

• The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000
  
• Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000
  
• Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171
  

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health Human Services.

Guns:

• The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000
  
• The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500
  
• The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.
  

Statistics courtesy of F.B.I.

Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."

FACT: Not everyone has a gun, but almost everyone has at least one doctor.

[strickj]

:bowrofl: thats funny

[Guest bulletproof]

:bowrofl:

[ZenDog]

Well, I'm a health care provider -- I run a small private mental health clinic, so I am sort of on the other end of this discussion.

I have thrown a few folks out of my office or called the cops when they were carrying (guns, knives, whatever), but they were clearly mentally ill and destructive-- they usually got a trip to the Med here in Memphis for an involuntary psychiatric evaluation.

Other times I have had folks in my office who I suspected were carrying, but if they aren't unstable it usually isn't relevant to our business together, so for me it is a don't ask don't tell situation.

And, no one has ever asked me if I am carrying while I am in my office. I keep a firearm within arms' length when I am at work.