I read that some court ruled that it does not violate your rights if physicians ask if you own a gun. My position for some time is “just say no, “we don’t believe in guns”.mojo84 wrote:Out of curiosity and not intending to promote lying or doing anything illegal. What would be the problem of just saying, no I do not own any guns? How would they no and even if they did know, what could they do as long as you do not have them on you at the time?chasfm11 wrote:Excaliber wrote: Canada's government is clearly more interested in messaging than justice.A few years ago, I traveled fairly extensively in Europe and Canada on business. I was in Italy, France, The Netherlands and Denmark on a regular basis, passing among several of those countries on any given trip. The worst experience that I ever had was flying in to Toronto. After a protracted and increasing heated debate with the Canadian customs agent about the purpose of my business trip to Canada, I told her to make a decision and let me in or to deport me. I was done talking to her. At the slightest hint that a US citizen is coming to Canada to work in a "protected" area, there is a high level of scrutiny applied. The trigger was that my business card said that I was a project manager (true) and that was how I answered the original agent's question when asked. They apparently want to sent a message to US businesses.
I, too, was quizzed if I "owned firearms" when we crossed the Canadian border. My reply was yes but that we have left them back in Texas because I understood Canadian firearms law. We were in an RV and they could have really made it miserable for us by searching it to verify my statement. She waved us through. I'm sure that our Texas license plate was the catalyst for the discussion.
To my knowledge there is no law against lying to a doctor. You can also help make them crazy and have fun doing so.
First, if a lot of doctors find out about this stance they will not know who is lying or who is telling the truth. Make sure your family is on board with this and why you are taking this stance.
After he asks and you tell him you don’t have guns, the next time you take one of the kids to see him, make it a point to wear your NRA cap. Keep insisting you don’t have guns even after allowing three or four empty casings to fall out of your pocket in front of him. With the right attitude we could have a lot of fun with this.