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Matariki

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5. What do you mean by 'screening'?

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Original post)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 03:19 PM

Feb 2013

Forcing every citizen to get regular psychiatric tests?

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Anybody think screening more carefully for crazies will reduce the incidence of mass killings? [View all] Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 OP

nope, going after the guns is the best way quinnox Feb 2013 #1

What weapons would you leave on the streets? hack89 Feb 2013 #9

sure, but ammo would be regulated quinnox Feb 2013 #10

How do you regulate ammo to reduce crime? hack89 Feb 2013 #12

you could only buy ammo that would fit your licensed guns for instance quinnox Feb 2013 #15

Criminals don't own registered guns so it will not have an impact on crime hack89 Feb 2013 #20

Boldfaced lie. "Criminals don't own registered guns" Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #33

Lets distinguish between criminal illegal gun owners and nut case mass shooters. hack89 Feb 2013 #35

Your sidestepping. This thread was about mental health screenings. Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #36

This side conversation is about regulating ammunition hack89 Feb 2013 #38

Hmmm Gee look: Anybody think screening more carefully for crazies will reduce the incidence of mass Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #41

So you support a national mental health database? hack89 Feb 2013 #44

Where does it say his gun was registered there? beevul Feb 2013 #59

probably add guns to home or car insurance policies . I wouldn't mind that. Sunlei Feb 2013 #51

What is an old fashioned 'gun grabber'? one_voice Feb 2013 #11

A fictional creation of the NRA... Archae Feb 2013 #14

Gotcha! one_voice Feb 2013 #18

a big and bad liberal who is strong on gun control quinnox Feb 2013 #16

I see...so someone that's for ... one_voice Feb 2013 #19

The only way I can agree with that is if all police are disarmed at the same rate 1-Old-Man Feb 2013 #26

^^ grasswire Feb 2013 #32

The only way is to go after the guns Progressive dog Feb 2013 #37

Reduce the number the shootings, but not eliminate them. Archae Feb 2013 #2

Newtown shooters guns werent owned by a 'crazy' but a 'crazy' lived in the house. How are we going stevenleser Feb 2013 #3

Ban the tools of the trade. Nobody needs a 33 round clip... onehandle Feb 2013 #4

I notice you left Cho off your list. Smart move hack89 Feb 2013 #7

I agree with this... one_voice Feb 2013 #17

What do you mean by 'screening'? Matariki Feb 2013 #5

That's an interesting question. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #6

A "psychiatric test" was just the word I used for your imagined screening. Matariki Feb 2013 #21

Are you of the opinion that I'm supporting the idea of all this screening? Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #31

Sorry, yes. I misunderstood your post. Matariki Feb 2013 #58

It wouldn't cover those who are already well-stocked Frustratedlady Feb 2013 #8

Not to mention the privacy issues pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #13

no screening will help. Bring back the expired assualt weapon ban as a less expensive better start. Sunlei Feb 2013 #22

And Duckhunter935 Feb 2013 #23

Handguns are the killers hack89 Feb 2013 #24

so add to the old expired law everything above handgun/shotgun. Sunlei Feb 2013 #27

We the people hack89 Feb 2013 #29

I don't find it amusing at all that more Americans die from guns than all the wars combined! Sunlei Feb 2013 #39

Facing reality is a perquisite for life hack89 Feb 2013 #40

if congress and bush can whip in those anti-terror laws in 10 days, I bet they can do something fast Sunlei Feb 2013 #43

There was political and popular support for those laws hack89 Feb 2013 #45

we'll have to see what Biden suggests when he's done. Biden helped craft the expired law. Sunlei Feb 2013 #47

We pretty much know what he will propose hack89 Feb 2013 #48

Maybe with new guns Politicalboi Feb 2013 #25

Simple -- if someone wants an "assault" style rifle or pistol, they are too "crazy" to own one. Hoyt Feb 2013 #28

Obviously not Recursion Feb 2013 #50

I don't know about screening, but we need to expand mental hospitals and commit more patients. reformist2 Feb 2013 #30

I don't disagree, but neither do I see this as a solution to the problem of violence Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #34

This kind of a waste isn't it. You post something upaloopa Feb 2013 #42

I have been misunderstood before, but seldom so thoroughly. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #56

Too bad we can't screen for gun fetish-ism instead. DirkGently Feb 2013 #46

Nope.. SoCalDem Feb 2013 #49

I'd like to know. stillcool Feb 2013 #52

Screening as in mental health history checked before gun purchases approved? Of course! bhikkhu Feb 2013 #53

That's a very different matter from the broad-gauge "reporting" Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #57

The whole premise is screwy anyway. Why do people have to be "insane" to kill? sibelian Feb 2013 #54

There is no quick fix. A better mental health system is necessary, but it can't be accomplished... JVS Feb 2013 #55