# I pit anti-gun pediatricians **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 21, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anti-gun-pediatricians/653578 "2013-03-21T22:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anti-gun-pediatricians/653578/321 "2013-04-15T19:11:32Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Huh, **Damuri Ajashi** hasn’t come back. Hope he did not slip and fall in the water on the pool deck. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anti-gun-pediatricians/653578/322 "2013-04-15T22:52:51Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Still don’t see any answer to my two questions: > > 1. Cite that pediatricians are looking to ban guns on the federal level Its the policy position of the aap to ban assault weapons. Would you like me to google that for you? [Quotd]2) How can you be sure the pediatrician doesn’t ask about guns of patients that she thinks are likely to have guns, and pools in patients that she thinks have pools? and a followup question: 2a) Do you, **Damuri Ajashi** , have a pool\*? 'Cause if you don’t, then I’m thinking your pediatrician asked the appropriate question of the appropriate patient, and then you went off your head about it. - I don’t recall you having mentioned having a pool. If you have answered this, my apologies, and my thanks for re-answering it [/QUOTE] Yes I have a pool. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anti-gun-pediatricians/653578/323 "2013-04-15T23:23:24Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Yes I have a pool. Must be nice. And you have a gun. > [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Its the policy position of the aap to ban assault weapons. Would you like me to google that for you? Oooh, that was fucking snarky. Especially since these gun threads have taught me to be careful about terminology. The AAP wants to ban so-called assault weapons, not all guns or guns in general. You said “guns”, Binky: > [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > My pediatrician discourages too much TV and fast food too. I don’t see where they are trying to get trampolines banned at the federal level. Why the special effort for guns? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anti-gun-pediatricians/653578/324 "2013-04-16T00:09:10Z")
All assault weapons are guns, yes. But only a gun with a nickel-cobalt M331 bayonet mount is correctly defined as an “assault weapon”. Other weapons which look similar…big, black, scary…are also targeted by gun grubs for annihilation and/or confiscation, and they are simply guns. Hence, the gun grubs are after all guns, since they are not capable of making precise distinctions. After a while, you begin to see how they think. Which worries me some, as a matter of mental hygiene. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anti-gun-pediatricians/653578/325 "2013-04-16T01:16:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > All assault weapons are guns, yes. But only a gun with a nickel-cobalt M331 bayonet mount is correctly defined as an “assault weapon”. Other weapons which look similar…big, black, scary…are also targeted by gun grubs for annihilation and/or confiscation, and they are simply guns. Hence, the gun grubs are after all guns, since they are not capable of making precise distinctions. However, in this case, the precise distinction was not made by the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anti-gun-pediatricians/653578/326 "2013-04-17T00:48:01Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Must be nice. And you have a gun. 😕 > [@](#): > > Oooh, that was fucking snarky. Especially since these gun threads have taught me to be careful about terminology. The AAP wants to ban so-called assault weapons, not all guns or guns in general. You said “guns”, Binky: Yeah, assault weapons are guns. But, you’re right, it would have been more precise to say the AAP wants to ban assault weapons (I wonder how many kids are killed by assault weapons every year). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anti-gun-pediatricians/653578.md?page=16)