Florida Physicians Challenge New State Law Prohibiting Asking Patients About Guns in the Home

Florida physicians are challenging a new state law that recommends that they avoid asking patients about guns in the home and discussing gun safety. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for Southern Florida on June 6, 2011, just four days after Florida Governor Rick Scott signed Florida House Bill (HB) 155, “An Act Relating to the Privacy of Firearm Owners.” The plaintiffs include individual physicians licensed in Florida, the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the Florida Chapter of the American College of . . .