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Muzzling Doctors on Guns, 'Shoot First' Laws – Florida's Gun Law Morass
9 July 2012
New York Times, Editorial
A federal court has struck down one of the more nonsensical of Florida's many risky gun laws — one that banned the state's thousands of doctors from ever discussing firearms with their patients. There was no evidence that this was ever a problem or a common occurrence, yet the law was enacted last year on the strength of an anecdote from a couple who complained to their gun-obsessed legislator that their physician inquired if they owned guns.
The court wisely upheld... (GunPolicy.org)