Doctors Say Not Qualified When Asked About Gun Permits
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Almost half of North Carolina doctors said they don’t feel qualified to judge a person’s mental competency to carry a concealed weapon, according to a survey, despite being asked to make that call by local sheriffs.
Among medical professionals, 84 percent said they would prefer someone with specific training assess a patient’s mental and physical ability to safely have a concealed gun, according to a questionnaire of North Carolina physicians released today by the New England Journal of Medicine. Of those surveyed, 47 percent said they couldn’t adequately assess a person’s mental fitness to carry a firearm.