Welcome to the arbitraryness of G&S ... this is what the Woollard lawsuit is all about
Thanks for all of the input. I do carry a script pad, but that does not appear to be enough for G&S.
When I sent an e-mail to the MSP this is one of the responses I got from them:
"You would need to show and prove that you carry around like say large quantities of narcotics that might be dangerous and someone addicted would want to take from you. etc. or documented by police report that you have an active threat on your life from say a disgruntled patient etc. Something that says you need this permit because something actually happened to you in the past or there is a potential for something to happen to you due to what I carry with me. Do you have active threats on you and can back that up with a police report? do you make large deposits of cash to banks from your practice and can prove it with deposit slips? Do you carry quantities of CDS like Oxycontin or hydromorphone, Dilaudid Morphine, hydrocodone etc. that would make you a target? You need to articulate why you need one other then just because I'm a physician"
I work for a hospital so I don't do the deposits. There are virtually no docs these days that carry narcotics around. I explained to them, that I do trauma call at night in bad neighborhoods, and that I have been on TV and the radio. There response came back the same. I need to have something happen to me before they will issue. i.e. get killed or I am SOL.
There are several physicians on the forum with a permit. You are correct that you still need G&S. IMO, every physician is a walking narcotic dispensary. You may not be necessarily transporting narcotics, but do you have an Rx pad? What if some enterprising young junkie were to put a gun to your head, open up the yellow pages to the pharmacy section, and tell you to start calling in Vicodin to every pharmacy in a 10 mile radius. That would be a lucrative day for him, would it not? You mentioned that not many physicians transport narcotics. I argue that having a few Percocet in your black bag is a good idea for emergencies. It may be a good practice for you to have some. It can be the basis for G&S.
Interesting thought. Wouldn't someone with prescription for a narcotic be eligible since they could be robbed of said drug? Not aiming this at your Dr. T, just a hypothetical.
I think I just pulled a muscle laughing. I need meds.
I suppose. I bet that back of yours is killing you....
Actually, I wonder what could be said a bout a chronic injury and the ability to flee/defend yourself because of it. Shouldn't that be a good enough reason for a permit?
Hasn't worked in the past.
Interesting thought. Wouldn't someone with prescription for a narcotic be eligible since they could be robbed of said drug? Not aiming this at your Dr. T, just a hypothetical.
A question of quantity.
A doctor can be carrying a lot more than a legal individual. And how is the drug addict know you have X drug, a doctor is assumed to have some good drugs.
.It does allow others with the same access to get a permit. Example: my son in law is a pharmacy tech at a pharmacy. He makes deliveries of drugs to patients and nursing homes. He's not a Doctor or a Phatmacist yet he has a CCW that allows carry while going to and from work, while making deliveries and while carrying narcotic drugs.
If you wish for everyone who passes the G&S muster under existing rules to hold off getting a permit until the masses are treated fairly, then you're screaming to the wrong audience. Most here want just the opposite, permits for as many as possible.
well here is a reason from today
http://www.cecildaily.com/news/local_news/article_b95e6724-68d5-5439-98f5-526a48a3bde2.html
The pharmacy 2 doors down from my office has been robbed 2 or 3 times in the last year for narcotics. All in broad daylight with an armed perp.