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HereSince1628

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5. Society wants more control of the mentally ills' access to guns.

Reply to upaloopa (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 11:47 AM

Jan 2013

That's from a Pew poll.

It doesn't name what they might do, it just puts them on the poll so that the position of high capacity magazines and AWB poll much further down the list.

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So today 58% support an assault weapons ban. [View all] upaloopa Jan 2013 OP

80% support tighter control on the mentally ill and they don'd have an NRA sized lobby HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #1

It's the Fifth Amendment, somewhere aroun-, left it somewh.....nt Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #3

How do you control mentally ill ? upaloopa Jan 2013 #4

Society wants more control of the mentally ills' access to guns. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #5

Well, yes. Cary Jan 2013 #9

Well I'm lucky I guess. I have a good doctor upaloopa Jan 2013 #13

I wish you all the best. n/t Cary Jan 2013 #17

I'd imagine most of them think it bans semi-automatic rifles Recursion Jan 2013 #2

I consider it bogus to ask this question until someone explains what an "assault weapon" is davidn3600 Jan 2013 #6

Expect that to vary from state to state. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #7

That's never going to happen. As soon as there upaloopa Jan 2013 #8

It has happened in other countries so I expect it will happen Lex Jan 2013 #10

No, it hasn't. Other countries banned (or highly restricted) semi-automatics. Recursion Jan 2013 #18

Whatever it takes. nt Lex Jan 2013 #19

A Kindergartner Eraser. nt onehandle Jan 2013 #11

Won't be enough to take on the gun lobby. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #12

We should amend the Second Amendment Cary Jan 2013 #14

There is no reason... Bodega Bandit Jan 2013 #15

I am all for gun control but nobody asked over 300 million people their opinion either stultusporcos Jan 2013 #16

You can google and find the poll Lex Jan 2013 #20

Have you ever studied statistics? upaloopa Jan 2013 #22

And if you ever studied statistics you would know it is more about art than math davidn3600 Jan 2013 #23

Bull shit! upaloopa Jan 2013 #24

maybe they tried to call, but you weren't home or didn't pick up frylock Jan 2013 #26

Have caller ID no calls at all for the last 2 weeks stultusporcos Jan 2013 #29

that is a big number tk2kewl Jan 2013 #21

55% support AWB, 58% support banning semi-auto weapons frylock Jan 2013 #25

The only thing that concerns politicians is what actual voters think hack89 Jan 2013 #27

semi auto or "assault" weapon not the problem phillipstd Jan 2013 #28