Link: The War on Guns.
David Codrea comments on another wild-eyed fanatical attack on the Right to Bear Arms. Again mis-quoting (simply making up) statistics. I saw a movie once that was made in perhaps the 40's that had a young lady that said (paraphrase) "90% of people will believe anything if you provide them a statistic." When asked where she got her statistics she said, "I make them up".
Did you know that 95% of gun-grabbers are of below average intelligence? I swear it might be true..
I would no more tell my doctor if I owned famrires than I would tell the local busybody bureaucrats if I owned 6 pit bulls! Such omissions can have consequences. Like a visit from an armed government team of one sort or another. What worries me about the dismissive tone of the linked post towards those who worry about invasive questions from physicians is that they have too much power, and it is growing -- thanks to insurance companies. Hence the above comment:He did apologize, but claimed that he was required to ask by the insurance companies.We are fast approaching a point where lying to a doctor is insurance fraud if it isn't already. Insurance fraud is a crime. And when a doctor is required to ask, how far is that from the patient being required to answer? When doctors have that kind of power, the only redress people have is with legislation. So I am not inclined to dismiss out of hand the concerns of people who feel they need a law. They may!
Posted by: Maicih | March 23, 2012 at 07:01 PM