Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:36 PM

Expanding NICS mental disqualifications [View all]

I think we should consider expanding NICS disqualification to anyone who is prescribed anti-depressants or anti-psychotic medication.

Any prescription of such a drug should trigger an automatic entry into the NICS list of prohibited persons.

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73 replies	Author	Time	Post
Expanding NICS mental disqualifications [View all]	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	OP
Agree and not just one right but all civil rights. The moment a person fills a prescription for a	jody	Dec 2012	#1
OK. n/t	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#3
for life?	gejohnston	Dec 2012	#2
Until there is some kind of permanent cure.	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#5
Yep, good goin'.	Glaug-Eldare	Dec 2012	#24
I'm only interested in stopping the nut jobs who are destroying the right to keep and bear arms.	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#39
Your solution is horrifically broad	Glaug-Eldare	Dec 2012	#43
And who is to blame for that?	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#44
The solution is to drive sick people into hiding?	Glaug-Eldare	Dec 2012	#45
how so?	gejohnston	Dec 2012	#47
Put them all in camps.	Crunchy Frog	Dec 2012	#48
Are you so certain that you're not one of "them"?	Crunchy Frog	Dec 2012	#50
introspection after a tragic even does that	gejohnston	Dec 2012	#51
I get your drift, but there are some real concerns here:	Eleanors38	Dec 2012	#72
I've been on antidepressants.	Crunchy Frog	Dec 2012	#49
All I have to go on is the your posts on DU.	Democracyinkind	Dec 2012	#70
You can use a subjective criteria ...	holdencaufield	Dec 2012	#4
Gun ownership is going to become a privilege.	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#6
Not unless the Constitution is amended ...	holdencaufield	Dec 2012	#7
No amendment can take away a right that preexists our Constitution and does not depend on it. nt	jody	Dec 2012	#8
Technically-speaking ...	holdencaufield	Dec 2012	#9
That can happen only under a totalitarian government. Rights obligate government to protect the	jody	Dec 2012	#10
I don't disagree with that ...	holdencaufield	Dec 2012	#12
Good point. Can't recall reading that drinking alcohol was viewed as a preexisting right, have you?	jody	Dec 2012	#14
Not written, no	holdencaufield	Dec 2012	#15
"avid drinkers" shame on you. Made me almost choke on a martini olive. nt	jody	Dec 2012	#16
Don Draper -- Model American	holdencaufield	Dec 2012	#18
What a vicious canard!	tortoise1956	Dec 2012	#57
It's 4 o'clock somewhere so I'll drink to that!	jody	Dec 2012	#60
And soon thereafter, 4:20!	Eleanors38	Dec 2012	#66
Are you going to join me? Get away from all this name-calling and seriously discuss whether there is	jody	Dec 2012	#67
The discussion is a strong one. Requiring much preparation.	Eleanors38	Dec 2012	#68
You won't see any either ...	holdencaufield	Dec 2012	#19
Agree and so sad. nt	jody	Dec 2012	#20
Well Regulated Militia and all.....	fightthegoodfightnow	Dec 2012	#13
I'm part of the militia...	Clames	Dec 2012	#25
What makes you part of the Militia?	fightthegoodfightnow	Dec 2012	#26
Most people (men, anyway) are	Glaug-Eldare	Dec 2012	#27
Take That Position	fightthegoodfightnow	Dec 2012	#28
I don't believe in the theory of a limiting prefatory clause,	Glaug-Eldare	Dec 2012	#33
Ok	fightthegoodfightnow	Dec 2012	#34
Unconstitutional per Heller. nt	hack89	Dec 2012	#52
That's what fightthegoodfightnow is saying --	Glaug-Eldare	Dec 2012	#53
Got it. nt	hack89	Dec 2012	#54
I know.	fightthegoodfightnow	Dec 2012	#55
I figured that out after the fact. Sorry. nt	hack89	Dec 2012	#56
No problem	fightthegoodfightnow	Dec 2012	#59
State and Federal statutes.	Clames	Dec 2012	#30
Oh I Know	fightthegoodfightnow	Dec 2012	#31
Title 10 US Code Sec 311(a) ......	oldhippie	Dec 2012	#37
Do you know how many mental facilities have been closed due to defunding? Do you know how	Tuesday Afternoon	Dec 2012	#11
Agree and I don't believe the situation will get better any time soon. Worst, we keep sending my	jody	Dec 2012	#17
yes. PTSD must be addressed immediately. I really hope Obama comes through for our hurting people.	Tuesday Afternoon	Dec 2012	#22
Welp, I'm out then.	LibertyFox	Dec 2012	#21
No. I don't think any laws should be made of that nature.	Tuesday Afternoon	Dec 2012	#23
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#40
Maybe people who DON'T want to own guns,	HockeyMom	Dec 2012	#29
Big pharma will never let it happen.	rrneck	Dec 2012	#32
Medications and guns	fkrizanek	Dec 2012	#35
If you want me to abruptly stop taking my meds	ComplimentarySwine	Dec 2012	#36
How about neither one?	Atypical Liberal	Dec 2012	#38
So a girl with anorexia nervosa (a mental disorder) shouldn't have guns? N/T	bobclark86	Dec 2012	#41
Sounds difficult to enforce n/t	ComplimentarySwine	Dec 2012	#42
No. Just no.	X_Digger	Dec 2012	#46
I'm glad you're trying to present ways to fix this, BUT	tortoise1956	Dec 2012	#58
Antidepressants are sometimes prescribed for conditions other than depression	Angleae	Dec 2012	#61
I wonder how the reactions would look	Glaug-Eldare	Dec 2012	#62
I've been on SSRIs for over a decade	roninjedi	Dec 2012	#63
Couple of problems with that	kudzu22	Dec 2012	#64
I think you are another NRA talking point troll tossed out of DU.	Warren Stupidity	Dec 2012	#65
Lots more in this thread agreeing with the OP.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#69
Really? Who? I do see the thread-bare "racist" burp.	Eleanors38	Dec 2012	#73
How about this counterproposal?	Glaug-Eldare	Dec 2012	#71