Sarasota Mother Shot Her Daughter, 1, Then Turned Gun on Herself

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91. An unattributed assertion from anti-gun Bloomberg press.

Here is some actual news reporting instead of the revisionist screed you embrace. Hammer was involved in the legislation and maybe her granddaughter was asked about guns in the home, but the event that started this unfortunate legislation was a doctor's refusal to accept that people like to keep some aspect of their lives private.

http://www.amednews.com/article/20110131/government/301319963/4/

Physicians and Florida gun ownership advocates are battling over a state bill that would fine and imprison physicians who ask if their patients have guns.

State Rep. Jason Brodeur, a Republican, introduced the bill, which could send doctors to jail for up to five years and fine them up to $5 million for asking about patients' gun ownership, refusing to treat patients who won't answer such questions or entering gun ownership information into any record. The bill has the support of the National Rifle Assn. State Sen. Greg Evers, also a Republican, introduced an identical bill in the state Senate.
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The Florida bill was prompted in part by a July 2010 exchange between Ocala, Fla., pediatrician Chris Okonkwo, MD, and the 26-year-old mother of a 4-month-old patient. Dr. Okonkwo asked the mother if she owned a gun, but she refused to answer. For that reason, the physician gave her 30 days to find a new pediatrician, according to the Ocala Star-Banner. Dr. Okonkwo declined to speak to American Medical News for this article.

Here is another piece on the well-documented event that started the legislation response (albeit wrong).

http://www.ocala.com/article/20100723/NEWS/100729867

When the 26-year-old Summerfield woman refused the answer, the Ocala doctor finished her child's examination and told her she had 30 days to find a new pediatrician and that she wasn't welcome at Children's Health of Ocala anymore.

“Whether I have a gun has nothing to do with the health of my child,” said the mother of three girls.

The question about the gun had been the last in a series of health questions about Ullmon's 4-month old baby that Dr. Chris Okonkwo had been asking.

“And I'm upset because my children were discharged because I refused to answer the question whether I have a gun… in the house. It's a very invasive and a very personal question,” said Ullman, who works as a property manager.

Maybe Ullman is Hammer's granddaughter.