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A doctor will be allowed to pronounce you mentally unfit to own a gun. Thereby denying you the right to bear arms.
17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.
2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.
Originally posted by luciddream
reply to post by Krazysh0t
OK if they can make all these things, why do they always default to the guns?
im sure there is something, why almost all modern serial killers are going for guns instead of higher collateral damage like a bomb?
Simple, its easy to obtain, anywhere, by anyone, anytime.
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by Krazysh0t
What is wrong with doctors? They are experts whose testimony will stand up in the court of law. Who do you think should be declaring whether someone is mentally sound and not a danger to him or herself and the community at large? Should that be the governments call? The persons mother? Their peers? The community? Doctors are the professionals we trust with these judgements and recommendations. This is common sense at the bottom of it.
Crazy people shouldn't own guns. End of story. People who are deemed a threat to others.
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by Krazysh0t
What is wrong with doctors? They are experts whose testimony will stand up in the court of law. Who do you think should be declaring whether someone is mentally sound and not a danger to him or herself and the community at large? Should that be the governments call? The persons mother? Their peers? The community? Doctors are the professionals we trust with these judgements and recommendations. This is common sense at the bottom of it.
Originally posted by iwilliam
Actually, if you're taking something like Adderall or Ritalin or Concerta for your ADD, then you are already not allowed to own a gun!
There are already laws on the books stating that if you are taking a "controlled substance" you can not have a gun. Since these increasingly commonly-prescribed medications are considered "controlled substances" this would mean you, and anyone like you.
I am a paranoid schizophrenic with extremely violent tendencies and one of the top psychiatrist accurately labled me a highly intelligent sociopathic psychopath.
Originally posted by Krazysh0t
A doctor will be allowed to pronounce you mentally unfit to own a gun. Thereby denying you the right to bear arms.
Originally posted by Observor
If you want to own a gun in order to prevent a government tyranny, you are paranoid and hence mentally ill and hence unfit to own a gun, any gun.
Originally posted by Observor
If you want to own a gun in order to prevent a government tyranny, you are paranoid and hence mentally ill and hence unfit to own a gun, any gun.
The only sane reasons for wanting to own a gun are personal safety and (duck) hunting. Since you don't need semi-autos for them, no one can have a semi-auto.
Of course, Obama believes in the second amendment.
ETA: So here is the modus operandi to get the guns. First identify those with semi-autos. When any of them can be taken in for questioning for any reason whatsoever (including as witness to something), send them for a psychiatric evaluation. Get an evaluation of mentally ill and unfit to own a firearm determination from the government psychiatrist and confiscate his/her guns. Of course, they don't have to do it for each and everyone. Only a small sample and the rest will get the message. If they government has any semi-auto buy back options, people will be queueing up to surrender their semi-autos, so that they can keep the others.edit on 24-1-2013 by Observor because: (no reason given)