About 20 years ago my family quit going to a certain group of family doctors in Durham because they began asking about a lot of things that weren’t any of their business. Like whether I owned a gun. As I told the doctor who asked me that question: “That falls in to the category of none of your damn business.”
Now it seems that the left-wing, agenda-pushing, nanny physicians have invaded the Duke medical apparatus, which I have long admired since the good work they once did on one of my kids’ vital organs. But now it’s gone too far:
As part of a joint effort by Durham County and Duke, pediatricians are talking to parents not only about the safety of guns in families’ homes but also about safeguards in places where children visit.
“It involves not only asking, ‘Do you have a gun in the house where the child lives?’, but also, ‘What about family members and friends?’ and ‘What about other households where the children may visit or stay during the weekend?'” said Dr. Sara Robert a Duke pediatrician and professor.
Durham County is involved, which probably explains a lot. County commissioners Ellen Recknow and Becky Heron long ago moved into the nanny-stater category, so county employees are probably just taking their cue.
My advice to Duke’s pediatricians and county employees: Just shut up and do the jobs you’re paid to do and leave the child rearing to parents.
