Massachusetts Is Offering A Model For How Doctors Can Talk To Their Patients About Guns

I started writing blogs and books about guns in September, 2012, when I first learned about the Firearm Owners’ Privacy Act (FOPA) in Florida, which criminalized doctors who talk to their patients about guns. I couldn’t believe that my organization, the NRA, of which I am a Legacy Member, could attempt to make its membership feel threatened or otherwise suspicious about the motives and behavior of their physicians. Because if you can’t trust your doctor, with whom else can you talk about when it come to the most important issues of all – an elderly parent becoming senile, a teenage child who stays out all night?