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In reply to the discussion: Minneapolis gunman was mentally sick: Family [View all]oldsarge54
(582 posts)74. That is WHy I
Want the NRA to get involved in developing gun control. Freeze out the seizers, but cut down on idiots and madmen getting guns. This IS a middle road. I don't think any wants my firearm (laugh). A replica Civil War six band Enfield. The guys at the range keep teasing me about filing an EPA report before each round.
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But any guarantee of access to healthcare that could have treated this man is, wait for it...
ck4829
Sep 2012
#2
You'll be happy to hear that if he had been adjudicated mentally ill for commitment...
aikoaiko
Oct 2012
#86
It's extremely difficult to get a person adjudicated as mentally incompetent, even with Alzheimer's
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#31
I know from experience - Even when you get them hospitalized involuntarily, they still...
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#43
The state militias still exist. Residents are still subject to conscription in an emergency.
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#12
No, the unorganized components of the state militias organize themseleves as needed
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#22
You should read it. From Article I, Section 8, The scope of legislative power, i.e. that of Congress
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#63
You're not making any sense at all. The section of the Constutution I quoted...
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#70
If I were in the milita, I would not be under Militia Regulation at all times.
PavePusher
Oct 2012
#59
Maybe, or perhaps he should have been taking some kind of medication but wasn't
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#44
So THIS Whack Job is Now Our Militia and He's Constitutionally Protected ?!?!?!
fightthegoodfightnow
Oct 2012
#50
Everyone who hasn't been legally disqualified from owning a gun has a right to own a gun
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#65
There is a difference between owning a few guns and a bunch of guns. Also difference in guns at home
Hoyt
Oct 2012
#76
You are certainly consistent in your support of authoritarian, police-state measures being used...
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#77
Thank you for posting this here. I like when gun policy talk comes out of the gungeon.
aikoaiko
Oct 2012
#87