According to a background briefer provided by the White House, President Barack Obama is asking doctors to help deal with guns. Here's the relevant passage:

PRESERVE THE RIGHTS OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO PROTECT THEIR PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES FROM GUN VIOLENCE: We should never ask doctors and other health care providers to turn a blind eye to the risks posed by guns in the wrong hands.

 Clarify that no federal law prevents health care providers from warning law enforcement authorities about threats of violence: Doctors and other mental health professionals play an important role in protecting the safety of their patients and the broader community by reporting direct and credible threats of violence to the authorities. But there is public confusion about whether federal law prohibits such reports about threats of violence. The Department of Health and Human Services is issuing a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits these reports in any way.

 Protect the rights of health care providers to talk to their patients about gun safety: Doctors and other health care providers also need to be able to ask about firearms in their patients’ homes and safe storage of those firearms, especially if their patients show signs of certain mental illnesses or if they have a young child or mentally ill family member at home. Some have incorrectly claimed that language in the Affordable Care Act prohibits doctors from asking their patients about guns and gun safety. Medical groups also continue to fight against state laws attempting to ban doctors from asking these questions. The Administration will issue guidance clarifying that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit or otherwise regulate communication between doctors and patients, including about firearms.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obam...uns_696121.html

When Obamacare was passed my sister told me that people who were aware of the power that the government packed into this bill would quickly learn that their doctor-patient relationship had been compromised by the power of the Executive Branch with the help of the Legislature.

WAR ON CRAZY: OBAMA DEPUTIZES DOCTORS (On Drudge)

So doctors are going to ask if you have guns, no not legal. My doctor will laugh his ask off about this.

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So doctors are going to ask if you have guns, no not legal. My doctor will laugh his ask off about this.

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Obama, cannot change and or interpret law, he has no legal authority. This will go to court.

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So doctors are going to ask if you have guns, no not legal. My doctor will laugh his ask off about this.

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I don't know if she still does it. But I remember my children's pediatrician asking about gun ownership in our home.

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So doctors are going to ask if you have guns, no not legal. My doctor will laugh his ask off about this.

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I don't know if she still does it. But I remember my children's pediatrician asking about gun ownership in our home.

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Stand up, fire your doctor.

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