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In reply to the discussion: President Obama saved a lot of lives. Mental health being added to background checks is astounding. [View all]LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)41. He also can't be a day under ninety if he was old enough to serve in 1944,
which means his ability to use a gun safely at this point in his life (reaction time, vision, physical strength, etc decline with age, and 25-50% of those 85 and up have Alzheimer's, and other sources of dementia being even more common) would be highly debatable at best even if he weren't clinically depressed.
So I hope you're making this up, because otherwise you really aren't taking good care of an elder, and that's a depressing thought.
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President Obama saved a lot of lives. Mental health being added to background checks is astounding. [View all]
joshcryer
Jan 2016
OP
What about HIPAA? Moreover, what makes anyone think that everyone who "needs" it is on medication?
WinkyDink
Jan 2016
#11
What several states have put in place is a method to report that someone is a danger
NutmegYankee
Jan 2016
#47
It doesn't sit well because it is flat out illegal for the Government to do that.
NutmegYankee
Jan 2016
#33
The Mentally Ill have become stigmatized victims of politicians looking for an easy scapegoat.
Odin2005
Jan 2016
#60