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Florida to Pay Legal Fees in Case That Kept Doctors From Discussing Guns
Source: New York Times
Florida to Pay Legal Fees in Case That Kept Doctors From Discussing Guns
By MATTHEW HAAG JULY 24, 2017
Florida has agreed to pay $1.1 million in legal fees to lawyers who sued the state over a 2011 law that barred doctors from talking to patients about gun ownership, according to a gun control organization involved in the case.
The organization, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said Gov. Rick Scott of Florida had approved the reimbursement to lawyers who represented doctors and medical organizations in the case, which came to be known as “Docs v. Glocks.” In February, a federal appeals court overturned the law, siding with medical providers over the state’s powerful gun lobby.
“Florida taxpayers just paid $1.1 million because of the gun industry’s unconstitutional, antitruth agenda designed to increase gun sales at any cost — including children’s lives,” Dan Gross, the president of the Brady Center, said in a statement on Sunday. “Physicians have a critical role to play in preventing these deaths by talking to patients about the true dangers of guns in the home.”
In a statement, a spokesman for Mr. Scott called the governor a “strong supporter of the second amendment.”
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By MATTHEW HAAG JULY 24, 2017
Florida has agreed to pay $1.1 million in legal fees to lawyers who sued the state over a 2011 law that barred doctors from talking to patients about gun ownership, according to a gun control organization involved in the case.
The organization, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said Gov. Rick Scott of Florida had approved the reimbursement to lawyers who represented doctors and medical organizations in the case, which came to be known as “Docs v. Glocks.” In February, a federal appeals court overturned the law, siding with medical providers over the state’s powerful gun lobby.
“Florida taxpayers just paid $1.1 million because of the gun industry’s unconstitutional, antitruth agenda designed to increase gun sales at any cost — including children’s lives,” Dan Gross, the president of the Brady Center, said in a statement on Sunday. “Physicians have a critical role to play in preventing these deaths by talking to patients about the true dangers of guns in the home.”
In a statement, a spokesman for Mr. Scott called the governor a “strong supporter of the second amendment.”
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/us/florida-doctors-guns-lawsuit.html
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How about lecturing parents about the possibility of poisoning via household chemicals? Or electrocution from electrical outlets? Or what type of toys the kids play with? If parents are too stupid to keep loaded weapons away from their kids what makes the "health experts" think that they won't fail in other areas? Should we legislate a strict time limit on how long physicians can lecture parents on common sense issues? 5 minutes? 10? 15?
This is just so ridiculously transparent. The medical community has been the most dishonest group w/regard to the gun issue, so it's perfectly understandable that The Controllers continue to attempt to frame gun violence as a health issue.
And of course none of this horseshit has any political consequences.
