FirstFreedom
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Vote in the poll please.
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3. Episodes of mental illness can occur at any point in life. That person may own a gun already, or have never gotten help and still be eligible to buy one.
One thing that your poll does not take into consideration is that the NICS check did not fail
The Va reporting system did
There must be a set system and it must be challengable in court.
As stated in this thread: http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...d.php?t=245678 the issue is NOT about keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally unstable, but rather keeping guns in the hands of the general population so the unstable cannot kill without opposition like at VT.
I disagree.As for the standard that should result in a "flag" in an instant background check...any psych dealing with somebody should have to answer a simple question, which is really only a modification of the current question: If this person was trying to buy a gun, would you consider them a threat to themselves or others. If yes, you fail an instant background check and must instead undergo further examination/screening before being able to purchase one (so not outright barred from doing so, just denied "instant" access).
Same old story
There is no need for more gun laws when all they have to do is enforce the ones they already inflict upon us
If you want to go down a slippery slope, get into mental illness stuff. There are degrees of it. Where do you draw the line?