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Re: Days Since Last Mass Shooting: 0 - II
and DrewS had a fit because "Obama wanted to take guns away from poor people" but really we were talking about people that had been deemed incapable of managing their affairs by the social security administration
besides, mental health services have been gutted, most mentally ill people never get confined to a mental institution or are adjudicated as mentally defective
I'm not comfortable with many of the people that own firearms. I wish there were a mandatory licensing process that included safety training, liability insurance, a gun registry, a criminal background check, and a psychiatric evaluation. All paid for by a tax on gun and ammo sales. I'd be completely fine with repealing/replacing the second amendment. Too bad we've allowed our society to become a bunch of gun obsessed nut jobs that are 1) too scared to get the mail out of their mailbox without a gun, and 2) obsessed with building their own personal stockpile of weapons. The toothpaste is out of the tube. I'm guessing I may have to flee the country at some point, because the rednecks are so plentiful, armed, and insane.
True story -- my friend and his husband bought a gun for home protection (despite the fact that we live in a very low crime area - I often leave one or more of my doors unlocked while I'm at work, no idea why he thought they needed it). They took a gun safety class from a licensed instructor. This instructor bragged that he was never more than 10 feet from a loaded gun in his house, his wife carried a loaded pistol in her purse (safety off of course), and he wouldn't even go to the end of his driveway to get his mail without a gun (safety off, because it might take too long to turn the safety off). I don't even want this guy owning a gun, but apparently he has dozens AND he's teaching other people about guns.
Originally posted by SJHovey
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besides, mental health services have been gutted, most mentally ill people never get confined to a mental institution or are adjudicated as mentally defective
I'm not comfortable with many of the people that own firearms. I wish there were a mandatory licensing process that included safety training, liability insurance, a gun registry, a criminal background check, and a psychiatric evaluation. All paid for by a tax on gun and ammo sales. I'd be completely fine with repealing/replacing the second amendment. Too bad we've allowed our society to become a bunch of gun obsessed nut jobs that are 1) too scared to get the mail out of their mailbox without a gun, and 2) obsessed with building their own personal stockpile of weapons. The toothpaste is out of the tube. I'm guessing I may have to flee the country at some point, because the rednecks are so plentiful, armed, and insane.
True story -- my friend and his husband bought a gun for home protection (despite the fact that we live in a very low crime area - I often leave one or more of my doors unlocked while I'm at work, no idea why he thought they needed it). They took a gun safety class from a licensed instructor. This instructor bragged that he was never more than 10 feet from a loaded gun in his house, his wife carried a loaded pistol in her purse (safety off of course), and he wouldn't even go to the end of his driveway to get his mail without a gun (safety off, because it might take too long to turn the safety off). I don't even want this guy owning a gun, but apparently he has dozens AND he's teaching other people about guns.
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