Texas Bill Would Bar Pediatricians From Talking About Guns with Patients

House Bill 2823 could also punish doctors who start conversations with their patients about the dangers of firearms.

A stethoscope is pictured in a General Practitioners surgery on December 4, 2014 in London, England.

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If a Texas lawmaker gets his way, pediatricians and their patients will soon have less to talk about.

Texas Representative Stuart Spitzer has introduced a bill that would prohibit doctors from asking patients whether they had a gun in their household. House Bill 2823 also recommends that physicians found to have initiated a conversation about firearms to the Texas Medical Board for possible punishment.