A new bill has been passed by the Florida state legislature, which forbids the pediatricians and other physicians to ask patients or their parents whether they have guns in their home or not. The bill will soon be signed by the Florida's governor. Similar laws were considered by many other states, including North Carolina and Alabama, but Florida has become the first state to pass such a legislature.

Under the new bill, the pediatricians and other physicians will have to pay a fine of $500 fine for asking about guns to their patients and recording it in the medical record of patients. The fine will increase if the physician will ask about the gun ownership, multiple times.

The legislation is supported by the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA has also charged the American Academy of Pediatrics for launching an anti-gun agenda. The association believes that questions related to gun ownership do not belong to doctor’s office.

The Executive Vice President of the Florida Pediatric Society, St. Petery, said that about 40% of the patients have guns in their homes. The doctors want to make sure that the parents store the guns safely so that their children do not get injured or killed accidently.