Similar bills in several states could have civil libertarians scratching their heads, trying to decide what side to stand on.
Three southern states, including North Carolina, currently have legislation in the works that would prohibit doctors from inquiring about gun ownership, according to USA Today.
Gun rights advocates, including the National Rifle Association, say that by health care officials questioning patients– or for the kiddies, their parents–about the status of a firearm in the home, is a violation of the Second Amendment.
Doctors counter that by arguing that keeping them from asking violates their First Amendment Rights.
Florida recently passed the bill in both legislative houses and the governor is expected to sign it into law.
Opponents of the bill say doctors aren’t concerned with the politics of gun control, but of saftey…especially that of children.
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