Healthcare bill "“will most likely dump your gun-related health data in a government database.”

[Roland99]

http://thehill.com//homenews/senate/71573-limbaugh-vs-mcconnell-as-conservative-groups-target-gop-leader-on-amendments

A GOP leadership aide countered that Senate Republicans have a clear strategy but are limited in how much they can share with activists because they do not want to tip their hand to Democrats.

The Gun Owners of America strongly opposes the Democratic healthcare bill because of concerns that it could lead to further restrictions of gun-ownership rights.

The group has warned members that a major expansion of the government’s role in healthcare “will most likely dump your gun-related health data in a government database.”

Larry Pratt, executive director of the group, said in an interview that people who have undergone treatment for mental maladies such as depression could find themselves more easily barred from owning firearms.

I'm just speechless.

[hobbit709]

1. "gun-related health data"

Say what?

[ret5hd]

3. My guess is they don't want "foot related injuries" reported, if ya' know what I mean.

:rofl: god, i kill me!

[Roland99]

6. Guess they're afraid their ITFS will be discovered?

Itchy Trigger Finger Syndrome

[tridim]

2. Why would grandma need a gun after we put her on the sinking Titanic?

[kirby]

4. I will conceed one point...

And it is not gun specific. Privacy issues are so neglected in this country... However, this info is in the databases of today...

[Deep13]

5. "most likely?" So they didn't actually read it then.

Perhaps it's time GAO poured itself a tall, frosty mug of STFU.

[laughingliberal]

7. What the GOA neglects to realize is this information is already in databases of private insurance

companies.

[LeftyMom]

8. God forbid we keep guns out of the hands of crazy people. nt

[rucky]

9. Somebody needs to tell them that their gun is just a SYMBOL

of a certain body part. Not the actual body part.

[benEzra]

10. Debunked here:

http://mediamattersaction.org/factcheck/200912100004

I agree that if a health care bill DID attempt to restrict the rights of mentally competent adults with clean records from owning guns, that it would be a problem, but the current bills do no such thing.