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SkyDaddy7

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10. Even if they have been hospitalized & violent...

Reply to Mopar151 (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 09:45 AM

Feb 2013

Not all states report mental health issues in a way that is picked up by the current background check system...Hopefully if they pass a bill on background checks something is done to help identify folks who should not have a gun.

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Two Boys Found Dead After Amber Alert [View all] Throckmorton Feb 2013 OP

Terrible... Whats_that Feb 2013 #1

OK, why did she have a mental illness AND a gun?!? catbyte Feb 2013 #2

Protection from the voices......... Mopar151 Feb 2013 #7

Even if they have been hospitalized & violent... SkyDaddy7 Feb 2013 #10

I was thinking more about why her family didn't stop it rather than official policy. catbyte Feb 2013 #13

Also midwest irish Feb 2013 #38

yep... see the story I just posted about Jose Martinez, a shopper in Central Florida who had a carry Divine Discontent Feb 2013 #36

. lunatica Feb 2013 #3

Truly. Mopar151 Feb 2013 #8

Horrible. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2013 #4

I'm confused.... SemperEadem Feb 2013 #5

Exactly. What the hell were the parents thinking. Lurks Often Feb 2013 #6

The Hartford Courant did a story on that law NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #12

The link broke down the results of the law. The point is Lurks Often Feb 2013 #16

Split personalities sounds like untreated schizophrenia. WCLinolVir Feb 2013 #17

It's a good thing that sick woman had a gun handy! valerief Feb 2013 #9

Once again EC Feb 2013 #11

Just look at that picture TheCowsCameHome Feb 2013 #14

was the woman on one of those drugs with side effect 'thoughts of suicide'? Sunlei Feb 2013 #15

:( Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #18

"More crazy people with the precious in Connecticut." Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #19

Maybe you need to look at my earlier posts. Throckmorton Feb 2013 #25

My proper response would get me banned from this forum. Suffice to say, Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #28

You need to take a chill pill or smoke a joint or fuck or something Occulus Feb 2013 #32

Take your own advice, you obviously cannot hear yourself whatsoever. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #33

Pretty much wat I expected. Bye. Occulus Feb 2013 #34

Just for the record. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #35

My mom's best friend is a cousin of the mother. Jennicut Feb 2013 #20

Very sad. Beacool Feb 2013 #22

hey Bea Jennicut Feb 2013 #29

Taxi service? Beacool Feb 2013 #30

How horrible, those poor babies!!!! Beacool Feb 2013 #21

This is eerily similar to a story I read years ago about a woman who let her sister... Poll_Blind Feb 2013 #23

Knowing all of this about grandma - they let her pick up the kids, why????? marble falls Feb 2013 #24

She's been OK lately..... Mopar151 Feb 2013 #27

Families can be in denial for a long time Samurai_Writer Feb 2013 #37

I can't imagine what it was like for the person who found them. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #26

"Jesus wept". Ken Burch Feb 2013 #31