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this is a professional "boundary violation" on the part of doctors
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No. While there are many sources discussing the term "boundary violation," I find this one, with its definitions, particularly helpful:
http://www1.ucirvinehealth.org/magne...%20Conduct.pdf
So, if there is a boundary violation here, I would think it is by the AG: specifically, her trying to direct which discussions should occur between a patient and a doctor for the purposes of personal political gain. (Still, I doubt that this particular AG recognizes any "boundaries" at all for herself.)
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presuming to lecture patients about something that's a constitutional right
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It's also the doctor's constitutional right to discuss this topic (and others) with patients. At least for now, according to the 11th Circuit:
http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opini...14009.enbc.pdf
The argument that the patients' 2nd Amendment rights must blot out the doctors' First Amendment rights seems for now unpersuasive.
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“Gun violence is a major public health threat..."
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NO scientific or logical basis for a conclusion that legal gun ownership by lawful private citizens represents ANY health risk whatever; that goes for the owners, their families, and the public at large. Therefore, any "medical advice" against owning guns is likely unjustified and incompetent.
One can certainly make logical arguments for advice that guns not be left accessible to suicidal persons or to unsupervised children. I note that the NRA recommends that we "Store guns so they are not accessible to unauthorized persons."
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Many factors must be considered when deciding where and how to store guns. A person's particular situation will be a major part of the consideration. Dozens of gun storage devices, as well as locking devices that attach directly to the gun, are available. However, mechanical locking devices, like the mechanical safeties built into guns, can fail and should not be used as a substitute for safe gun handling and the observance of all gun-safety rules.
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https://gunsafetyrules.nra.org/
Still, no one should confuse either safe storage of guns or gun control with suicide prevention.
There are also good arguments against violent criminals possessing guns, and against them using guns to commit crimes--in fact, there may already be some laws about all that, if I recall correctly. Perhaps the AG should stick to her true area of competence: advise criminals to follow the law.
