Pro-gun article

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Fort Hood shooting leaves 4 dead, including gunman; 16 injured

BBC News - Shooting at US Army's Fort Hood base in Texas


The US has a mental health problem. Let's focus on the real cause of this bullshit instead of sweeping it under the rug.

Again I agree with you but now comes the argument ,if that person has a mental health issue should he be allowed to buy a gun ,it is his 2nd amendment right correct ?

[Buffalo Bob]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Fort Hood shooting leaves 4 dead, including gunman; 16 injured

BBC News - Shooting at US Army's Fort Hood base in Texas


The US has a mental health problem. Let's focus on the real cause of this bullshit instead of sweeping it under the rug.

Well you would have to change some laws and give away some freedoms for public safety and most people are unwilling to do that. I am talking about laws about detaining people against their will for mental health evaluations. Almost every mass shooter lately has been described as troubled or strange by people who knew them. Unfortunately if you are an adult, don't commit a crime or go completely berserk in public nothing can be done to have you mentally evaluated against your will.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Again I agree with you but now comes the argument ,if that person has a mental health issue should he be allowed to buy a gun ,it is his 2nd amendment right correct ?

Getting the US to recognize and improve mental health treatment is separate from the 2nd amendment rights. Part of the reason that mental health treatment is lacking in this country is that society wants to attach stigmas to it.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Getting the US to recognize and improve mental health treatment is separate from the 2nd amendment rights. Part of the reason that mental health treatment is lacking in this country is that society wants to attach stigmas to it.

No , you can't have it both ways .While we agree the U.S. needs to upgrade to better mental healthcare then you will have to admit there are some who if off of medication should not have guns .Does the government have the right to know who those people are if they do have weapons ?

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Unfortunately if you are an adult, don't commit a crime or go completely berserk in public nothing can be done to have you mentally evaluated against your will.

Good ,if people act "crazy" , go "berserk" or commit a crime of hate or aggression then they shouldn't have guns .

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Well you would have to change some laws and give away some freedoms for public safety and most people are unwilling to do that.

You mean most gun owners aren't willing to do that ,them and the NRA .

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Good ,if people act "crazy" , go "berserk" or commit a crime of hate or aggression then they shouldn't have guns .

How does that work again? <laughing >

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[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Giantone

No , you can't have it both ways .While we agree the U.S. needs to upgrade to better mental healthcare then you will have to admit there are some who if off of medication should not have guns .Does the government have the right to know who those people are if they do have weapons ?

Yes, I can.

The rights in the constitution are enshrined there because of their over arching importance.

Mental Health should be a person's privacy. But now with mandatory reporting and overreaching government interference many who would benefit from counseling are scared to go because of how the government will use that information.

Nobody argues your strawman that "some who if off of medication...". You make it seem like there are no restrictions on getting guns and that any ole person can walk up to a gunshop and by one. That's just not the case.

[over the mountain]

the 2nd amendment clearly states that its purpose is to provide a well armed militia ... the supreme court case defining militia as any male over 18 as potentially a militia member and thus has 2nd amendment rights and protections seems like a very far stretch.

also the gun laws in texas to allow open carry for rifles were put in place so that hunters could transport a rifle from their home, into their truck and then the woods to hunt without being arrested. it was never intended to allow guys to walk through walmart with AR-15s courting reaction.

^ my opinions are based off articles and synopsis i have read. i have never actually read the SCOTUS case re definition of militia or the Texas legislature hearing notes on intent.

why do i continue to post in this thread???

[Chico23231]

Bottomline, time to stop arming mentally unstable people. If you dont just keep expecting stories like this.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Yes, I can.

The rights in the constitution are enshrined there because of their over arching importance.

Mental Health should be a person's privacy. But now with mandatory reporting and overreaching government interference many who would benefit from counseling are scared to go because of how the government will use that information.

Nobody argues your strawman that "some who if off of medication...". You make it seem like there are no restrictions on getting guns and that any ole person can walk up to a gunshop and by one. That's just not the case.

Not at a gun shop but yes they can ,from a neighbor or even at some gun shows .

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

How does that work again? <laughing >

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You tell me ,how does the government go about keeping the guns out of the hands of the mentally challenged , without infringing on the 2nd amendment ?

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Giantone

You tell me ,how does the government go about keeping the guns out of the hands of the mentally challenged , without infringing on the 2nd amendment ?

I would imagine it would work in the same way that the elderly or visually impaired are denied driving privileges. How would you make it work?

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[NC_Skins]

I think people would be interested to find out the NRA's stance on mental health and gun owning. I think people should read it.


NRA-ILA | Mental Health and Firearms

Since 1966, the National Rifle Association has urged the federal government to address the problem of mental illness and violence. As we noted then, “the time is at hand to seek means by which society can identify, treat and temporarily isolate such individuals,” because “elimination of the instrument by which these crimes are committed cannot arrest the ravages of a psychotic murderer.”[1]

More recently, the NRA has supported legislation to ensure that appropriate records of those who have been judged mentally incompetent or involuntarily committed to mental institutions be made available for use in firearms transfer background checks. The NRA will support any reasonable step to fix America’s broken mental health system without intruding on the constitutional rights of Americans.

In recent years, anti-gun lawmakers have introduced legislation to expand the definition of people barred from possessing firearms to include persons who have simply been ordered to receive counseling. This could include a person whose employer or school administrator orders him to receive counseling as a condition of employment or enrollment, regardless of the outcome of such counseling. Similarly onerous legislation has been introduced in some states. At least one attempt has been made to ban gun ownership by anyone with any recognized diagnosis from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—an outrageously broad standard that would affect the rights of countless Americans.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Well you would have to change some laws and give away some freedoms for public safety and most people are unwilling to do that. I am talking about laws about detaining people against their will for mental health evaluations. Almost every mass shooter lately has been described as troubled or strange by people who knew them. Unfortunately if you are an adult, don't commit a crime or go completely berserk in public nothing can be done to have you mentally evaluated against your will.

Originally Posted by Giantone

You mean most gun owners aren't willing to do that ,them and the NRA .

I think you need to really think about the part he mentioned that I bolded and underlined. Detaining people against their will for mental health evaluations? So who's going to decide that? The government? The local law enforcement? Do you trust those morons and corrupt agencies? We know exactly how this will turn out. "Oh, they are a political enemy or somebody protesting my crimes.....better have them hauled in because I think they are crazy."

No thank you. Absolutely not. It's already to a point where we are becoming more and more of a police state. It won't be just gun owners and the NRA against some bullshit like that.