Last Monday going to a well check-up for my nine-year-old son I encountered a lengthy checklist since he hadn't been in for several years.
Most were what one would expect.
But the last question--this is not the first time I've encountered it before--drove me nuts. It asked Yes or No. Do you have a gun-free home? The implication was clear: Having firearms in the home is an unnecessary and dangerous condition for the health and well being of the children. "It's for the children!"
Since many more children die by drowning, and no question was asked whether I've taught or had the child taught how to swim, I simply crossed off the offending question and inserted one about this.
According the Centers for Disease Control twenty children were killed in 2004 while playing with guns of family or friends while 900 were killed by that dangerous element, water.
Bathtubs kill more children than accidental discharge of firearms!
I almost had my oldest in fact drown when someone irresponsibly used our private beach to launch a large boat and the keel created a nearly three-foot furrow in the sand. Hard to see under the water.
I was geared to have push back, but I received none. These forms are created by others, and it seemed as if the medical staff was relieved or understanding of my concern.
But when the herd and unprincipled soccer moms who are far more concerned about safety than liberty see this, you can kiss the Second Amendment good bye.
That's an inalienable right, the last time I read the Bill of Rights in the light of the Declaration of Independence. Please excuse me for being an alarmist, since the so-called right to health care would have been laughed at as recently as the early 1980s.
Most were what one would expect.
But the last question--this is not the first time I've encountered it before--drove me nuts. It asked Yes or No. Do you have a gun-free home? The implication was clear: Having firearms in the home is an unnecessary and dangerous condition for the health and well being of the children. "It's for the children!"
Since many more children die by drowning, and no question was asked whether I've taught or had the child taught how to swim, I simply crossed off the offending question and inserted one about this.
According the Centers for Disease Control twenty children were killed in 2004 while playing with guns of family or friends while 900 were killed by that dangerous element, water.
Bathtubs kill more children than accidental discharge of firearms!
I almost had my oldest in fact drown when someone irresponsibly used our private beach to launch a large boat and the keel created a nearly three-foot furrow in the sand. Hard to see under the water.
I was geared to have push back, but I received none. These forms are created by others, and it seemed as if the medical staff was relieved or understanding of my concern.
But when the herd and unprincipled soccer moms who are far more concerned about safety than liberty see this, you can kiss the Second Amendment good bye.
That's an inalienable right, the last time I read the Bill of Rights in the light of the Declaration of Independence. Please excuse me for being an alarmist, since the so-called right to health care would have been laughed at as recently as the early 1980s.
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