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In reply to the discussion: Gabrielle Giffords’ Husband Smacks Down Wayne LaPierre [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)7. Thanks - let' get that one kicked up for visibility.
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There is a huge problem with having guns available only to people with no history of mental health
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#2
That would make sense except that if keeping and bearing arms is a fundamental right,
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#50
Also, the decision about what conditions are a mental illness is political and somewhat arbitrary
Blandocyte
Jan 2013
#22
Yes. The diagnosis of just one doctor who might have some ulterior motive or have a problem
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#43
Being denied a gun > Being shot and killed by someone with mental issues
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2013
#54
Your arguments might persuade me, but I'm not sure they would persuade a majority of Supreme
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#42
If it only affects people who have been committed it would still miss a lot of people and affect
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#41
When you deny a person a fundamental right, you have to do it very carefully.
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#51
I've made the same argument regarding a number of your points and on top of those....
tpsbmam
Jan 2013
#59
Almost every state, including non-slaveholding states had the same provision in their state constitu
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2013
#9
A general could use his standing army to take over Congress & the Executive department
Kolesar
Jan 2013
#24
like Edward Teller, Herman Kahn, and the rest of the Powell Memo instrumentalities,
MisterP
Jan 2013
#57