Will we/they create a witch hunt?
Of course we all don't want crazy people with bad intentions to own firearms.
But is that to say that a mentally disturbed person should have the right to defend himself from an attack stripped away from him? I guess that has already been decided.
I keep hearing folks, including the NRA bringing up the "mental health" issue.
I think we all know how the mentally ill who have proven their willingness to commit crimes should be dealt with.
But I think what looks like an up and coming push towards culling out the mentally ill could become a really slippery slope.
I see it coming to a point where all someone has to do is pick up a cell phone, call the police, and tell them they think you are crazy.
Before you know it, you will have more problems on your hands than you ever thought possible.
Who will be the people to determine who is crazy, and how much evaluation and inspection will you have to be subject to to prove to those questioning your sanity that you are indeed not insane? You will be guilty before proven innocent.
Right now, it doesn't take anything more than an upset girlfriend or spouse to make a call, report valid or invalid abuse, and bada bing, you can lose your guns.
And quite possibly you might have your gun rights revoked just because you were brought forward for analyzing.
We need to be careful in what we say, or think we might want, because one thing can certainly lead to another.
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Sent by my S&W M&P 9mm
Our rights are not gifts from the government.
Of course we all don't want crazy people with bad intentions to own firearms.
But is that to say that a mentally disturbed person should have the right to defend himself from an attack stripped away from him? I guess that has already been decided.
I keep hearing folks, including the NRA bringing up the "mental health" issue.
I think we all know how the mentally ill who have proven their willingness to commit crimes should be dealt with.
But I think what looks like an up and coming push towards culling out the mentally ill could become a really slippery slope.
I see it coming to a point where all someone has to do is pick up a cell phone, call the police, and tell them they think you are crazy.
Before you know it, you will have more problems on your hands than you ever thought possible.
Who will be the people to determine who is crazy, and how much evaluation and inspection will you have to be subject to to prove to those questioning your sanity that you are indeed not insane? You will be guilty before proven innocent.
Right now, it doesn't take anything more than an upset girlfriend or spouse to make a call, report valid or invalid abuse, and bada bing, you can lose your guns.
And quite possibly you might have your gun rights revoked just because you were brought forward for analyzing.
We need to be careful in what we say, or think we might want, because one thing can certainly lead to another.
__________________
Sent by my S&W M&P 9mm
Our rights are not gifts from the government.