Boo Radley
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Do you really think that gun control can get past the Senate?
No. :coffeepap
Do you really think that gun control can get past the Senate?
Do you really think that gun control can get past the Senate?
A discussion to talk about when a person should be involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility for evalutation. The AZ shtaooting has nothing to do with gun control and everything to do with the inability to have mentally unstable people reviewed and flagged. If Loughner was flagged as mentally disabled - even though he lives a fairly normal life, he couldn't have bought the gun.Then what is?
Thats because the one's doing the shooting are locked up I suppose?
A discussion to talk about when a person should be involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility for evalutation. The AZ shtaooting has nothing to do with gun control and everything to do with the inability to have mentally unstable people reviewed and flagged. If Loughner was flagged as mentally disabled - even though he lives a fairly normal life, he couldn't have bought the gun.
A discussion to talk about when a person should be involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility for evalutation. The AZ shtaooting has nothing to do with gun control and everything to do with the inability to have mentally unstable people reviewed and flagged. If Loughner was flagged as mentally disabled - even though he lives a fairly normal life, he couldn't have bought the gun.
Why do Conservatives resist any type of gun control in this country. Everytime the issue comes-up they all do the "sky is falling" routine where they think it will be some slippery slope of eradicating gun ownership.
For christsake, even Dick Cheney said last week we should do something about high-round clips and keep guns out of crazies hands, and he voted against legislation banning the cop killer bullets and plastic guns.
Oh, and once again, there is only one law regarding mentally unstable gun ownership and they must confess to being crazy at purchase.
A discussion to talk about when a person should be involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility for evalutation. The AZ shtaooting has nothing to do with gun control and everything to do with the inability to have mentally unstable people reviewed and flagged. If Loughner was flagged as mentally disabled - even though he lives a fairly normal life, he couldn't have bought the gun.
No. :coffeepap
So you think it is bad to stop mentally imbalanced people from obtaining assault rifles?
Purty much. I mean, you can't control for crimes of passion or insanity, but yes, in general, there is a relatively small percentage of humans who are likely to kill other humans. If you remove them from society, violent crime decreases.
p.s. If we really wanted to stop crimes like this, we'd look at our mental health system and the effects of the well-intended but utterly unhelpful reforms of the 1970s and 80s.
Why do you have a questionable mental status?
Of course not, the GOP will argue that we need thirty-round clips to protect ourselves against the government, bandits, and zombies.
Isn't the slippery slope fallacy an old and unoriginal talking point? :coffeepap
Obama will not stop there.
Makes sense I suppose, but then again we only know someone is a murderer after they kill somebody.
Makes sense I suppose, but then again we only know someone is a murderer after they kill somebody.
Ok, let me express my bafflement. Conservatives are against legalizing drugs because they can kill people, but guns are ok. Why the pick and choose your instruments of death.
So what? Obama can't any sort of gun control legislation through a Republican dominated senate. He can be as anti-gun as he likes. He has zero tangible power in this area.
No Obama has a history of being anti gun
Because drugs aren't going to help you much if an armed gunman invades your home. Conservatives understand that cops cannot protect you, cops can only respond to the scene of the crime, usually in time to clean up your remains. Self-protection is a personal responsibility (and right).
Because drugs aren't going to help you much if an armed gunman invades your home. Conservatives understand that cops cannot protect you, cops can only respond to the scene of the crime, usually in time to clean up your remains. Self-protection is a personal responsibility (and right).
So you think it is bad to stop mentally imbalanced people from obtaining assault rifles?