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37. Never asked for metal detectors and guards at my son's HS....

Reply to hack89 (Reply #36)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 03:16 PM

Feb 2013

Columbine did that.

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Suspect in Botched Shooting Bought Gun Legally Despite Mental Illness [View all] FarCenter Feb 2013 OP

The story has a positive outcome. Ms. Boland will either be incarcerated or committed. slackmaster Feb 2013 #1

Unfortunately, they don't all end like that -- and the faculty members are lucky she didn't have NRA Hoyt Feb 2013 #3

The only way we will have a positive outcome will be if the laws are changed Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #4

People who are committed because they are not mentally competent to stand trial do get treatment slackmaster Feb 2013 #5

Both my parents worked in the mental health field, don't tell me I am misinformed. Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #9

There you go again with the "should" clause slackmaster Feb 2013 #10

Things don't change unless people suggest they should change Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #14

What about a private sale? Glassunion Feb 2013 #12

Federal law is very clear on that. It's illegal for "any person" to transfer a firearm to... slackmaster Feb 2013 #15

But today as it stands there is no solution. Glassunion Feb 2013 #16

Due process...I think we should keep it... pipoman Feb 2013 #2

The Japanese model of extensive interviews and background checks.... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #6

A lot of DUers are enamored of the power of Japanese police to stop and question anyone at any time slackmaster Feb 2013 #7

Yeah. It's not like we can do the one and not the other.... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #8

Because we know the police would never abuse that power. hack89 Feb 2013 #11

The greatest threat to my civil liberties is living amid a sea of guns.... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #13

Actually, unless you are very old or very young the greatest threat to your civil liberties... slackmaster Feb 2013 #17

LOL laundry_queen Feb 2013 #19

Cite? slackmaster Feb 2013 #21

Documentary: Crossfire laundry_queen Feb 2013 #29

Forgot: Linky laundry_queen Feb 2013 #32

Here's a link to the CDC's Leading Causes of Death reports slackmaster Feb 2013 #40

you are being disingenuous laundry_queen Feb 2013 #41

I have presented factual information here slackmaster Feb 2013 #42

Not really. You cherry picked and left stuff out. But that's okay. Carry on. nt laundry_queen Feb 2013 #48

I've shown you the way to water. It's free. Drink it if you are so inclined. slackmaster Feb 2013 #50

1.) You miss (or avoid) my point.... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #20

The CDC has plenty of good stats. Roll your own query at WISQARS, then spin the results as you wish. slackmaster Feb 2013 #22

care to address 1.) ???? Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #23

Paging Benjamin Franklin... slackmaster Feb 2013 #24

So I'll walk through metal detectors, allow myself and possessions to be searched etc etc.... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #26

That's a false dilemma slackmaster Feb 2013 #28

Nope. Daily reality. And the more guns out there, the worse it will get. Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #31

You obviously don't have a good grasp of statistics and probability either Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #25

That's a poor analysis and misses the point of my previous response slackmaster Feb 2013 #27

You only think it is a poor analysis because it does not back up your talking point Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #33

Tell that to all the gun cultists that tote to be prepared, yet do not carry a defibrillator or jaws Hoyt Feb 2013 #38

Only if you give the police that power. nt hack89 Feb 2013 #36

Never asked for metal detectors and guards at my son's HS.... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #37

Columbine had metal detectors and guards Recursion Feb 2013 #44

A woman with a public history of mental illness had Historic NY Feb 2013 #18

Some states treat an accepted defense based on mental illness the same as a committment, HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #30

Ah, it was a state level issue. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #47

We need a non-arbitrary process... Deep13 Feb 2013 #34

I would have thought anyone who threatened to assassinate a president would be in NCIS Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #35

A person who did that would have to have been convicted for it, or committed to a mental... slackmaster Feb 2013 #39

She plead not guilty by reason of mental incompetence. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #43

That is definitely not the same thing as being adjudicated as mentally incompetent slackmaster Feb 2013 #45

She was also committed to a mental institution by a federal judge. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #46

That's not completely true. The FBI also contributes a prohibited list to the NICS HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #49