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In the discussion thread: 'Known schizophrenic' bought guns(at Walmart) before arrest in mother's shooting death [View all]

Response to kpete (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 02:48 PM

derby378 (28,490 posts)

17. I don't hold an FFL license, but let's say I did...

If you looked the least bit off-kilter when you came into my store, I wouldn't sell you a gun. If you persisted, I might even call the cops on you.

Some of the responsibility has to fall on the actual point-of-sale. There's a reason you can't just scan a 12-gauge at the automated checkout register at Wal-Mart and walk out the door with your new Remington without anybody at least giving you the hairy eyeball.

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38 replies	Author	Time	Post
'Known schizophrenic' bought guns(at Walmart) before arrest in mother's shooting death [View all]	kpete	Feb 2013	OP
Under the 1968 law...	jberryhill	Feb 2013	#1
In Ohio,	riqster	Feb 2013	#2
That gives rise to several questions.	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2013	#22
It has to be a current court order	riqster	Feb 2013	#25
would it show up in a background check?	maxsolomon	Feb 2013	#3
All of those would just be silly hurdles.	harmonicon	Feb 2013	#33
You don't see why a schizophrenic should be denied a gun?	bitchkitty	Feb 2013	#34
Are you to enshrine discrimination against the handicapped in the constitution?	harmonicon	Feb 2013	#36
You got all that from a question?	bitchkitty	Feb 2013	#37
Dangerously mentally ill is not the same as mentally ill.	harmonicon	Feb 2013	#38
Schizophrenics are only marginally more likely than "normal" people to commit a violent crime.	Kurska	Feb 2013	#4
Some schizophrenics are not well medicated.	PADemD	Feb 2013	#10
3 stories doesn't counter empirical studies and real research	Kurska	Feb 2013	#13
Schizophrenia is Greek for "splitting of the mind"	happyslug	Feb 2013	#19
Very good post well done	Kurska	Feb 2013	#20
Schizophrenia	Samba	Feb 2013	#30
It runs in my family, big time, but only to a very limited extent	happyslug	Feb 2013	#31
Research into mental illness	PADemD	Feb 2013	#29
Better mental health reporting.	Socal31	Feb 2013	#5
And thus many people do NOT go to Doctor for fear they may lose their license	happyslug	Feb 2013	#21
That reasoning has some merit, but I would need more data on it.	Socal31	Feb 2013	#24
But they are still allowed to buy/own a car	marshall	Feb 2013	#27
Not if you are incompetent	happyslug	Feb 2013	#32
can a mental illness diagnoses	melm00se	Feb 2013	#6
No and they're notoriously sketchy. My mother has been diagnosed with numerous psychological	Ed Suspicious	Feb 2013	#9
So those background checks are working out just fine...	AllyCat	Feb 2013	#7
NY thinks they have a solution with their database of potentially violent people with mental illness	hack89	Feb 2013	#8
And an interesting note...	bobclark86	Feb 2013	#11
That'll work just fine, I'm sure ...	JustABozoOnThisBus	Feb 2013	#12
Again, this is already done here in my state with driving.	Socal31	Feb 2013	#15
ooohh boy...there's a can of worms.	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2013	#26
Some won't but that's no reason not to try.	maxsolomon	Feb 2013	#14
and then we arrest them for violating the law	kurosagi	Feb 2013	#18
This post was hidden by jury decision.	shagnasty	Feb 2013	#16
I don't hold an FFL license, but let's say I did...	derby378	Feb 2013	#17
When the NRA's WLP says background checks don't work . . .	SleeplessinSoCal	Feb 2013	#23
$$$$$	HockeyMom	Feb 2013	#28
I wish "visibly mentally ill" were a useful category, but it's not:	struggle4progress	Feb 2013	#35

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