(05-23-2022, 10:36 AM)NewJagsCity Wrote:

(05-23-2022, 10:30 AM)mikesez Wrote: But as for this topic, a federal gun license, strikes me as a bad idea on multiple levels.  One, I don't think the federal government is really competent to manage such a thing across 330 million people, most of whom don't want to be managed.  Health care is one thing, people want others involved in their health care.  But guns are private.  Two, I think its best if states and even cities and counties are free to decide what gun regulations work best for them.

Maybe they want some government involvement, but not to the point that the government dictates their specific treatment based on what procedures will be allowed or reimbursed.  If you are advocating that, then as the spouse of a doctor, you should know better.

I wasn't advocating for anything in particular.  I'm only saying, medicare hasn't been repealed, Medicaid is still with us, HIPAA hasn't gone anywhere, and Obamacare will stay with us too.  There are movements to trim around the margins of these things, but not eliminate them. 

I mean, you're right, that insurance is a big pain in my wife's rear, but she's not the customer. Her customers are the people who are customers of insurance, and they mostly seem happy with the government regulation that shapes these policies.

If we did a federal gun license, it would be repealed within 4 years.

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