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The objection is not to guns per se, it is that he killed 26 people, most children.
The objection is that mentally ill people have easy access to guns in some states. Schizophrenic? Domestic abuser? No problem. Just go to a gun show where you can get whatever gun you want and bring it home immediately, no questions asked.If I needed a background check in RI to purchase a gun it should be the same for all.
It's not just liberals though. Some on the Right are really in a panic about everything. They are not going to ban our guns. If you listened objectively to Obama yesterday, he made no hint of that.
Wrong, it means there is a militia. According to colonial law, every able bodied male above a certain age (it differed in each colony) was a member of the militia. Mental capacity never entered into the debate, even a lunatic can kill Indians you know?
The founding fathers wanted a well-trained militia. If you say they were OK with mental lunatics in the ranks, then you would be saying our founding fathers had no common sense.You can not train the mentally delusional to work cohesively in a group and I seriously doubt the writers of the 2nd amendment would think otherwise.
We need gun laws changed so that the mentally unstable, convicted felons, domestic abusers, etc. cannot and never will be able to purchase a gun. If you are or wherever on psychotic drugs, no guns…ever. And bring back mental asylums too. If an adult refuses to take his medication, he gets locked up. How many times have we heard of a parent who cannot do anything to make their 18+ child take their medication?
If you do this you begin the slippery slope.
I do not agree with this slippery slope argument. Banning one type of item will not lead to a ban on all. For example, let's say they make a law that a private citizen can only own 10 guns. That's not a slippery slope that leads to them banning private gun ownership altogether, it just sets a limit.
The Right hasn't been making much sense either. As soon as someone even hints at assault weapons bans, more comprehensive background checks, not allowing felons or the mentally unstable to own guns, or common sense gun rights, they immediately go all conspiracy theorist and think “they” want to disarm Americans.
If you're talking about this I think he's an idiot.I'm also very much in a frame of mind that this is not the time to talk gun control or rights or even criticize the president. At least let these parents bury their kids first. 🙁
