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I've been worried all week that I'd have to find a new dr but much to my surprise the office is not posted! Not even a gunbuster sign!! Yea I'm happy! Lol

...had to go to mine last Wed...hadn't been in almost 3 years...I bragged to him I'd come within 1/2 pound of my weight goal of dropping 30#...he glanced at the chart and said "you're overweight"...I smiled...when he had me pull up my shirt to listen, he smiled...and I told him he could take exactly 13# off that weight figure...

Cought dr off guard when dr had to raise my shirt.

Dr. "ok my! Why do you carry a gun"

Me. "cause a cop is too heavy! And why don't you carry"

Dr. "rofl"

Great visit and a pro gun dr!!!

speedsix wrote:...had to go to mine last Wed...hadn't been in almost 3 years...I bragged to him I'd come within 1/2 pound of my weight goal of dropping 30#...he glanced at the chart and said "you're overweight"...I smiled...when he had me pull up my shirt to listen, he smiled...and I told him he could take exactly 13# off that weight figure...

13 lbs? What the heck were you carrying, an AK-47 and an AR-15?

JJVP wrote:

speedsix wrote:...had to go to mine last Wed...hadn't been in almost 3 years...I bragged to him I'd come within 1/2 pound of my weight goal of dropping 30#...he glanced at the chart and said "you're overweight"...I smiled...when he had me pull up my shirt to listen, he smiled...and I told him he could take exactly 13# off that weight figure...

13 lbs? What the heck were you carrying, an AK-47 and an AR-15?

I showed up nearly late to my Dr's office to have a skin problem burned off. I figured that I could just run in, have him perform the procedure and leave so I left my gun on my hip. Nope, the nurse insisted on weighing me. Typically, I empty my pockets but this time I had the gun, spare mag, cell phone, etc on. If figured that it wasn't going to matter but was surprised when the scale tipped at 8lbs more than usual and that was with a Sig P250 Compact. While he didn't question me for that session, on my next visit he wanted to know why my weight spiked so much in a 30 day period.

I can imagine a full sized Kimber driving the scale up even further. Throw in a double mag case and a clip knife and you can end up with quite a load.

The doctor's office (Pediatrician) I was in this morning had an 8x10 paper on the receptionist window "State Law prohibits handguns here"
So, I signed in my niece and ignored the 'feel good' "make-believe world" sign like I do several times a year there..

JJVP wrote:

speedsix wrote:...had to go to mine last Wed...hadn't been in almost 3 years...I bragged to him I'd come within 1/2 pound of my weight goal of dropping 30#...he glanced at the chart and said "you're overweight"...I smiled...when he had me pull up my shirt to listen, he smiled...and I told him he could take exactly 13# off that weight figure...

13 lbs? What the heck were you carrying, an AK-47 and an AR-15?

...that includes clothes, keys, and etc...and you oughta see my kevlar skivvies!!! try weighing yerself out of the shower and ready to walk out the door...you might be surprised...though it may not be 13# surprised...when I was on the job, my gunbelt alone weighed 15#...

Recent visit a nurse made me remove my sweatshirt from left side so she could take blood pressure on left arm. Just to avoid a possibly unpleasant (for her) surprise I told her "I have a concealed handgun license, just in case you see anything around the other side". She quickly responded "I have one too. No problem."



Same doc's office the other nurse/tech is a guy and I had to completely remove my shirt for him one time, and actually remove the gun and holster from my belt (long story). I made the same preemptive statement. He told me no problem. And while he was doing his job (procedure took a while) we talked the whole time about guns and he asked me what I recommended because he was about to buy his first handgun.

I try to remember to pocket carry when I go to the DR. , not for him, he's pretty cool, I'm just not sure how his nurse would react, I'd hate for her to faint.

Seabear wrote:I try to remember to pocket carry when I go to the DR. , not for him, he's pretty cool, I'm just not sure how his nurse would react, I'd hate for her to faint.

There's not a much better place to faint than a doctor's office!

...that's only true if you have no insurance...otherwise, you'd prolly wake up to find out several expensive procedures had been administered while you were out...

My primary doctor is in the Smith Tower in Houston, where medical students are being trained, and it is properly posted, darn it, and I don't want to change doctors. My eye doctor and the hearing doctor are in posted buildings, too. The upper and lower GI doctor is in Scurlock, which is posted. The eye surgeon is in a different building in the medical center, and the building is not posted. So, I carry there. I take my wife to an RA doctor in a building that is not posted. Carry there, too.

So, I am dealing with a mixed bag, and I have to remember what I am doing with respect to carrying. BTW, Colorado doesn't have all of that bull, and I have taken my wife to many doctors and a few hospitals there. No problem carrying.

My Dr. is ok with me carrying in his office. He`s a collector of antique firearms also. We talk all the time whenIi need to do , usually spend 15-20 min after we`re done talking about guns while I`m there.

Seabear wrote:I try to remember to pocket carry when I go to the DR. , not for him, he's pretty cool, I'm just not sure how his nurse would react, I'd hate for her to faint.

I do the same Seabear. Not for the nurse inparticular, just because it's nobodys business but mine. I actually carried for 90 days when I first received the plastic and my wife didn't even realize. I figured at the 90 day mark I should at least let her in on it.

rdcrags wrote:[b]My primary doctor is in the Smith Tower in Houston, where medical students are being trained, and it is properly posted, darn it, and I don't want to change doctors[/b]. My eye doctor and the hearing doctor are in posted buildings, too. The upper and lower GI doctor is in Scurlock, which is posted. The eye surgeon is in a different building in the medical center, and the building is not posted. So, I carry there. I take my wife to an RA doctor in a building that is not posted. Carry there, too.

So, I am dealing with a mixed bag, and I have to remember what I am doing with respect to carrying. BTW, Colorado doesn't have all of that bull, and I have taken my wife to many doctors and a few hospitals there. No problem carrying.

no worries, it's a gun-free zone so it should be completely safe, right?