Answering such questions and even considering gun violence are the last things I care to think about when I'm in a clinic, and I shouldn't have to. Prompted by my the nagging questions, I did some research and found that homicide in the health care setting is even more uncommon than I imagined; for example, among approximately 480 total workplace homicides estimated for the year 2012 in one government report, 19 deaths occurred in the health care and social assistance setting, not all of those with guns. Placed in the context of many millions of health care visits, the risks are far, far less than I had anticipated. Beyond the security guard and controls already present in my clinic, the risks for being hit by a bus on the walk home far exceeded any truly bad thing my clinic patient might do.