When my family doctor decided, on the basis of the shoulder and arm pain I was having from a pulled muscle and on a poorly applied EKG, to send me to the hospital for the heart attack I wasn't having, the ambulance crew was: A) Surprised that I was carrying in a doctor's office; and B) Had no idea what to do about my carry gun.steve817 wrote:What would be an accurate statement?AustinPC wrote:This is an inaccurate statement.Dragonfighter wrote:Hospitals and fire-rescue departments in the metroplex have lock boxes, if you are sick or injured, you can inform the MICU crew that you are armed and designate who you want to pick it up. It then goes into a locked gun case and is carried to the hospital with you, the gun is then transferred to THEIR gun case by the PD at the hospital until the designated person comes and picks it up. If unconscious, the same thing happens but it is a little more complicated to prove you are the one to pick it up.
Being strapped to the gurney, I was unable to secure it in my vehicle myself, but was able to persuade the officer to allow them to take my cleared gun and magazine to my car and lock them in it.
I took the chamber round to the hospital with me.
The hospital kind of accused me of wasting their time after they figured out I wasn't having a heart attack, which is a whole 'nother story.
I fired the family doctor.