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Mental health background check for gun purchases
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:11 pm
I get it, crazy people shouldn't have guns. I mean 33,000 people die yearly in gun related incidents. That's a friggin lot of people.
But shouldn't we also apply that to buying a car? 37,000 people die each year in car crashes.
What about for buying alcohol? 88,000 yearly deaths are alcohol related.
Tobacco=480,000 deaths annually
And let's not forget abortions. 650,000 annually.
Everyone of the above is a preventable death. I agree mental health background checks should be provided to buy guns, alcohol, tobacco, cars and they should absolutely be done to have an abortion.
IF just one life can be saved by implementing background checks shouldn't we do for everything that kills people.
Should a Dr. also do a mental health screen before prescribing addictive pain medicine to a patient?
Why are career criminals allowed back on the streets without mental health screenings?
Once again, it's an agenda with the press. It has nothing to do with the number of deaths otherwise they would be focusing on cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans.
But shouldn't we also apply that to buying a car? 37,000 people die each year in car crashes.
What about for buying alcohol? 88,000 yearly deaths are alcohol related.
Tobacco=480,000 deaths annually
And let's not forget abortions. 650,000 annually.
Everyone of the above is a preventable death. I agree mental health background checks should be provided to buy guns, alcohol, tobacco, cars and they should absolutely be done to have an abortion.
IF just one life can be saved by implementing background checks shouldn't we do for everything that kills people.
Should a Dr. also do a mental health screen before prescribing addictive pain medicine to a patient?
Why are career criminals allowed back on the streets without mental health screenings?
Once again, it's an agenda with the press. It has nothing to do with the number of deaths otherwise they would be focusing on cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans.
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:13 pm to Oddibe
Mental health background check for voting rights... 
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:15 pm to Junky
quote:and definitely for holding public office.
Mental health background check for voting rights...
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:18 pm to Oddibe
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But shouldn't we also apply that to buying a car? 37,000 people die each year in car crashes.
You have to pass a drivers license test to drive a car. There is a registry of all vehicles and drivers along with their records. You must reapply after a period of time
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:22 pm to gamatt53
quote:You obviously missed much of the sarcasm from my post. But to address your comment, no one has to take a mental health screening to buy a car, which actually kills more people per year than guns.
You have to pass a drivers license test to drive a car. There is a registry of all vehicles and drivers along with their records. You must reapply after a period of time
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:35 pm to gamatt53
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You have to pass a drivers license test to drive a car. There is a registry of all vehicles and drivers along with their records. You must reapply after a period of time
Plus owning and driving a car isn't a right guaranteed by the Constitution.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:36 pm to Oddibe
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Mental health background check for gun purchases
When it comes to gun laws/regulations, I'm a strict scrutiny standard guy, the 2nd Amendment's very clear you lawyers and law students will know what that means
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:40 pm to Oddibe
Some of the craziest people I have met are psychologists. Wy wife has a 64 year old aunt in Denver that is a psychologist. She is a liberal nut.
I sure wouldn't want someone like her giving mental health background checks. If you want a thorough mental health check they have to contact people that know the person to see how they feel about that person in question.
About every one of these types of shootings people come out of the woodwork that knew the shooter(s), saw their social media posts, heard them say crazy shite, etc...
I sure wouldn't want someone like her giving mental health background checks. If you want a thorough mental health check they have to contact people that know the person to see how they feel about that person in question.
About every one of these types of shootings people come out of the woodwork that knew the shooter(s), saw their social media posts, heard them say crazy shite, etc...
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:41 pm to gamatt53
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You have to pass a drivers license test to drive a car.
This is true and I would be in favor of some sort of gun/hunters safety certificate before allowing someone to buy a gun.
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There is a registry of all vehicles and drivers along with their records. You must reapply after a period of time
Correct and this is to show ownership due to the extreme cost, just like houses, this isn’t for safety. The main reason in doing this is so that the federal government can bring. I more money to build roads.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:44 pm to Tridentds
quote:I get it and I certainly don't want the government handling it. My only point to the thread was that so many people are calling for mental health screenings to own guns, when the reality is there are many other things that cause a lot more deaths that don't require mental health screenings to buy.
Some of the craziest people I have met are psychologists. Wy wife has a 64 year old aunt in Denver that is a psychologist. She is a liberal nut.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 3:54 pm to Oddibe
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I get it and I certainly don't want the government handling it. My only point to the thread was that so many people are calling for mental health screenings to own guns, when the reality is there are many other things that cause a lot more deaths that don't require mental health screenings to buy.
I'm with you. I was trying to say that a mental health background check could involve speaking to people that know the person in question. People that are familiar with them and how they have acted or how they have changed. A psychologist is great but they are just looking at a snapshot of that person at that time. No way they can spot a big change in personality.
Basically I agree with you.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 4:04 pm to Oddibe
I would be for mental health checks so long as the decision didn’t fall to 1 individual. It would need to be a panel.
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