Here's a handy item to stop the next naive doctor who questions you about guns in the home dead in his tracks. A form has been created in collaboration with Joe Horn, based on original concepts he developed in his ingenious articles:

• Risk Management Advice to Physicians and their Insurers: Don't Borrow Trouble, and
• Physicians, Don't Borrow Trouble, Part II.

Follow the appropriate link to the form, either in .pdf format (you'll need Adobe Acrobat, a free download) or in MS Word format:

• Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) version
• MS Word version

I suggest you print out a copy of this 2-page file and make 2-sided photocopies.

Then, the next time your doctor asks you if you keep guns in the home, simply smile and hand him or her the form. Let him know you'll be happy to discuss firearms after he establishes his level of expertise, qualifications and liability.

Keep it friendly. The idea here is to educate, and to get your doctor to pass the form on to the clinic administration. Perhaps this will make them rethink their position on this politically motivated and scientifically unjustified collusion with the forces of citizen disarmament. But also remember, you are under no obligation to answer any questions pertaining to firearms, and you should ensure that your children are educated on this as well; with justifiable concerns over medical privacy and government snooping, this is one area where discretion is appropriate.

Here are two other things you can do to help stop medical infringement of our freedoms:

1. Email this page's URL to your like-minded friends, and ask them to pass it on.
2. Refer your physician to Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws through their website at https://www.keepandbeararms.com/dsgl/.