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To what end other than to impact it's applicability? I agree that mental health issues should be a bar to firearm possesion, however I worry at the potential abuse of such a measure.
I agree with both of these. In fact, in regards to #2, like you...I brought this up several days before La Pierre did.
Right, and it's mainly number one that we disagree on.
Glad to see we agree on a couple things Mac. Like Jim Steinman wrote and Meat Loaf sang - two out of three ain't bad.
We need a national discussion to help determine what it is the American people believe about the Second Amendment and its role in our society. For far too long now we have not had any such national discussion. Instead, the agenda and everything about it including the definition of terms has been determined by the gun lobby and the gun culture around it.
For example: should technology be the determining factor in what weapons are going to be in America?
Is Justice Scalia correct in his off bench comments that some weapons may indeed be removed and not allowed?
Are guns an the proliferation of them part of the problem or are they being scapegoated?
Do we want people to be armed on a level with the police and military in case we need another revolution and need to fight them in the streets of our cities and towns?
Are present laws on things like gun shows working or do they need to be revisited?
All that needs to be part of a national conversation. And I believe Wayne La Pierre just helped start it on Friday.