I wouldn't think of it. Anyone who asks questions like this is outta reach to ordinary reality.
but here's what I heard on the street, sheer stupidity of course.
The question is why any doctor, or dentist, needs to know shsit like that. Don't you have enough to do as it is?
oh, it gets into the records right beside classifications of disabilities and stuff, for the convenience of managerial folks with jackboots, guns, and swat team gear, so all is needed is for some bureaucrat to decide that folks with dentures are doubtfully competent to aim a gun.... so here's your list of indentured citizens and today you go round up their weapons, for their own good of course.
generally speaking, the peon gunslingers know nothing about managerial methods and reasoning, so of course they don't care to fill out your forms either.
There is nothing wrong with asking the doctor why he's asking the question or stating that you're uncomfortable discussing this topic. Lashing out is very likely a kind of obvious answer. I'm sure most will take time to explain and discuss.
My first thought is that the appointment was about stress. When the discussion doesn't reveal what caused the stress and the doctor doesn't feel his client is holding back, this could be a way to explore general insecurity or sensitivity of the patient.
I'm not saying there's a connection between gun ownership and level of insecurity, but my common sense says it's likely that a correlation exists -> Having a gun to "defend your family" is a security buffer that gives you the feeling you're prepared for ppl threatening your personal space.
So if that was a connection without an obvious trigger, there's still plenty of methods that can help you alleviate stress on a limited level.
While the information is accessible, sometimes it can be good to hear it from a doctor. I'm just trying to give an example where it can give a doctor valuable information indirectly or it can serve as an ice breaker for a more honest conversation.
You answered your own question. Those that want a registry generally do want to take people's guns away from them. You would have no problem with the government using the gun registry to round up all the guns or maybe just "assault weapons". I bet you would vote for a politician that advocated for it.
You're being intellectually dishonest. Ultimately you would like to see guns banned. You see a registry as a step in the right direction. Other people disagree with you. They don't want guns banned. You call them crazy for thinking that your ultimate intentions are exactly what they are.
I feel like you're jumping to conclusions
I am serious. People say guns go off accidentally all the time. "Oh the safety was on when I pulled the trigger! Went off accidentally!" That's not an accident. That's being a dumbass. I'm pretty big on gun safety, so things like that matter to me. And I've seen a lot of ignorance when it comes to guns, including in this thread, so naw, I'm not going to assume somebody means something when I don't know if they do.
Even though I agree, that discussing statements for clarity's sake, my experience is that asking ppl to clarify their statements is more productive than confronting them with the assumption that they were meaning something specific. Especially when you don't know the ppl you're addressing well personally.
Guns are an indicator of abuse in home. That might be my favorite statement ever made on JF. So awesome.
Why would that be so surprising? Maybe there are evaluations that found a connection between the two? I wouldn't be surprised.
This. It has already been shown in many studies that homework does nothing to improve learning and can even hinder the learning process. Kids need time to be kids and brains need time to absorb what is learned. More time is absolutely not the answer. My daughter spent 8 hours drawing a map of Africa with all the countries and their capitals and some census and economic data for geography. It looked meticulous and was 100% correct. Know what grade she got? 70% because it wasn't colorful enough. Yes the teacher weighted coloring in the countries at 30 mother****ing percent of a ****ing high school geography assignment. Seriously what the ****? And realistically she learned more about the countries by us talking about it then by coloring our even drawing the map and filling it in. So more focus on quality teachers and quality curriculum and better pay, less focus on ******** and ripping away extra time.
I don't think no homework is necessarily a solution, but I agree that an overwhelming workload can be counterproductive for many kids development. A counterexample would be that Asian culturally anchored work ethics also lead to a significant amount of individual success.
Your example sounds like a lackluster performance by the teacher both in terms of preparation and grading. On the bright side, you spent a lot of hours with your daughter helping her prepare the homework and had a joint learning experience with her, where you could give her background intel about the African countries. While in your family this could be normal to spend time in such a setting together, it may be a special occasion in another family and help them strengthen the level of trust.
No idea what you are talking about. Most gun owners I know love to tell people about their guns. Post pics of their guns on facebook.
I don't think I know anyone who owns a gun who tries to hide that fact.
I have a couple myself though I never use them and wouldn't care if I no longer had them.
I think the facebook setting is different from a 1on1 doctor's appointment - scales are tilted in a different way. You have the computer as a buffer and usually your social connections/groups there will include other gun enthusiasts that can provide backup.
In Germany I think a similar point of contention is necessity of hunting as a sport/hobby or historical way of securing food/survival. There are multiple standpoints from biologists and other scientists, animal activists and of course hunters themselves. But a common reaction when one proudly presents a hunting trophy on social media and receives criticism from whoever is that they'll point out their knowledge about hunting and animal preservation and being upvoted into oblivion and backed up in comments from likeminded hunters, following it up with an offer to the accuser(s) to delete them from their facebook friendlists if they are offended by the display of hunting.
When being isolated in a doctor's appointment different defense mechanism can be triggered, while on the internet a "strength in numbers" counter attack authoritarian argument is the most common defense mechanism.
