Strictly regulating the purchase of certain types of guns and ammo, or better detection of mental illness?
2007-04-20 03:27:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Why the purchase of certain types of guns and ammo would infringe less.
I really don't want someone to know that I took Prozac when my grandmother died. If we do reopen the psychiatric hospitals to help out people with mental illness it would mean we would be spending state/federal money on it. Isn't this country adamantly opposed to nationalized health care?
2007-04-20 03:33:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess that would depend on who's defining the "certain types" of guns and ammo. Many are already strictly controlled. Many that were subjected to control were done so purely for cosmetic reasons.
Gun owners would have a lot less objection to further regulation if there wasn't a demonstrable history of registration or restrictions that led to confiscation in a few years. If the anti-gun crowd had ever lived up to their promises of "we aren't banning, we're just regulating", we would not be having this discussion. Since they never have, and have proven time and time again that their ultimate goal is to completely ban all firearms, the pro-gun set will never again voluntarily submit to restrictions and/or regulation.
As far as mental illness, I suppose we could return to the days of locking people up in sanitarium for any mental deficiency, but that's probably not a real acceptable solution to very many people either.
2007-04-20 10:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I personally think better detection of mental illness would be less infringement if it could be controlled: i.e. people in positions of power having others declared mentally ill to suit their purposes.
Gun control really does not infringe on individual rights per say, you can still purchase, own and carry a gun. While the ban was on assault style weapons, it really only made a difference to gun retailers. Any gun enthusiast knows how to rig a semi-auto into a full-auto.
2007-04-20 10:37:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What "types" would you like to strictly regulate....the myth of the "assault rifle", or perhaps the semiautomatic pistol loaded with the mythical "cop killer bullets"....or perhaps the shotgun held by Bill Clinton, that he later tried to outlaw under the Brady Bill??? I think there should be a better system in place to report court mandated mental illness to the FBI since they do the background checks.
2007-04-20 10:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by Armed Civilian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
better detection of mental illness
There was murder long before there were guns. The means have changed, but the ends haven't.
2007-04-20 10:31:51 · answer #5 · answered by mikehunt29 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
High time for strict regulation of guns to be implemented. Abuse of this individual right has become a cancerous phenomena in the US like the latest VT massacre.
2007-04-20 10:35:18 · answer #6 · answered by VigneshV 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Better detection of mental illness......what the guy in the first post said. lol
2007-04-20 10:32:51 · answer #7 · answered by Humanist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION. we need to learn more and be educated more on how to identify, react, and cope with mental health, guns, drugs, war, terrorism, etc. humans didn't get smart overnight. we taught ourselves everything. now we have to teach ourselves how to be civilized in a quasi civilized world. we teach for the future not for the moment thats how he have survived our lives and time.
2007-04-20 11:17:18 · answer #8 · answered by lt snow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi.
The purchase of certain types of guns is already strictly regulated.
Thanks.
Bye.
2007-04-20 10:32:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋