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13487772:S.J.W said:
So 3 people had ebola in America and all of the US went crazy. Demanding a cure, quarantine, stop vacations to Africa, etc,etc. But just one shooter with a mental illness kills any number of people (go take your pick of mass shooters in the US, there's a long list) and you won't even think about a mental health assesment done before buying any gun. And make it law that if you own a gun to have a mental health check done every x amount of years and if you fail, you get treatment and you also hand back your guns.
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I swear you're like the bastard child of Chicken..
 
13487853:slum.lord said:
I swear you're like the bastard child of Chicken..
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So making everyone who owns a gun undergo a mental health assesment is a bad idea? Yeah it's working terrible for Switzerland, just look at the amount of guns they own compared to the amount of mass shootings...
 
13487853:slum.lord said:
I swear you're like the bastard child of Chicken..
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He has an excellent point even though his particular view is slightly extreme.

People who had sped ass upbringings and did messed up shit as kids are who guns need to be kept away from and those are the easy people to identify and target. Adam Lanza could have been prevented the pilot who crashed that plane in France on the other hand isn't preventable.
 
13487921:PeppermillReno said:
He has an excellent point even though his particular view is slightly extreme.

People who had sped ass upbringings and did messed up shit as kids are who guns need to be kept away from and those are the easy people to identify and target. Adam Lanza could have been prevented the pilot who crashed that plane in France on the other hand isn't preventable.
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I really didn't feel like getting into a gun control debate for the 100th time, but okay I'll bite..

Putting prospective gun buyers though behavioral screenings would only catch an small portion of people who could potentially be dangerous with a gun. Most criminals don't use legal methods of obtaining a gun anyways, and it's my option any extreme option such as his isn't a viable one. Let's say someone gets denied buying a gun after a behavioral screening. Chances are they'll find another method to obtain a firearm. Let's also talk about costs associated with behavioral health screenings for firearms buyers. Who's going to pay for that?

Do we need to start behaviorally screening people who want to buy swords, knifes, or whatever because there's a possibility one out of a extremely large number of people may decide to go stab someone? I agree with you saying those people who may be at a heightened risk of committing a firearms related crime may need additional screening, but his previous post about adopting that process across the board was extremely compulsive and poorly thought out.
 
13487926:slum.lord said:
I really didn't feel like getting into a gun control debate for the 100th time, but okay I'll bite..

Putting prospective gun buyers though behavioral screenings would only catch an small portion of people who could potentially be dangerous with a gun. Most criminals don't use legal methods of obtaining a gun anyways, and it's my option any extreme option such as his isn't a viable one. Let's say someone gets denied buying a gun after a behavioral screening. Chances are they'll find another method to obtain a firearm. Let's also talk about costs associated with behavioral health screenings for firearms buyers. Who's going to pay for that?

Do we need to start behaviorally screening people who want to buy swords, knifes, or whatever because there's a possibility one out of a extremely large number of people may decide to go stab someone? I agree with you saying those people who may be at a heightened risk of committing a firearms related crime may need additional screening, but his previous post about adopting that process across the board was extremely compulsive and poorly thought out.
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It would be cheaper than you think assuming that schools and youth mental hospitals were happy to share the info. I don't think anyone should have to be screened and take a test or anything just certain behavior should result in people being black listed from owning a firearm.

You can get away with really bad shit if you do it under the age of 18.

Im not that anti gun or anything either.
 
13487937:PeppermillReno said:
It would be cheaper than you think assuming that schools and youth mental hospitals were happy to share the info.

I don't think anyone should have to be screened and take a test or anything just certain behavior should result in people being black listed from owning a firearm.
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I believe that providing that information would a violation of HIPAA.

If someone is a felon or blacklisted thanks to any screening process and can't buy a gun over the counter like most of us they're probably not going to say "well gosh golly I guess I don't get to own a gun". No.. they're going to go down to the back alley and meet up with joe shit the rag man and buy a hot piece with the serial number etched off it.

But other than that I agree with you..
 
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