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12thMan · 07-24-2012, 10:43 AM

It's so weird how people hear what they want to hear when they're passionate about an issue. I clearly stated most gun owners are law abiding and responsible. Yet I'm still considered a knee jerk, anti 2nd Amendment liberal.

I will say this, I'm concerned about who foots the bill for mental health screenings. This is where I'm probably more right leaning or libertarian in my thinking.

*Are the screenings now part of the cost of doing business for gun store owners?
*Do these same rules apply to sporting goods store owners that happens to sells guns?
*Who deems you mentally competent? The government? Well that's another can of worms.
*If a gun purchaser aces the mental screening, goes out and blows up the town, who's legally culpable? The gov't or the gun store owner? See where this is going?

I just have concerns about mental healthcare screenings as a way to weed out the loons. The last few systematically planned their shootings with a high degree of planning and had some college. I'm skeptical, though not completely opposed to the idea.

07-24-2012, 10:43 AM	#11
12thMan MVP Join Date: May 2005 Location: washington, D.C. Posts: 11,460	Re: Gun Control Thread- Should we? It's so weird how people hear what they want to hear when they're passionate about an issue. I clearly stated most gun owners are law abiding and responsible. Yet I'm still considered a knee jerk, anti 2nd Amendment liberal. I will say this, I'm concerned about who foots the bill for mental health screenings. This is where I'm probably more right leaning or libertarian in my thinking. Are the screenings now part of the cost of doing business for gun store owners? Do these same rules apply to sporting goods store owners that happens to sells guns? Who deems you mentally competent? The government? Well that's another can of worms. If a gun purchaser aces the mental screening, goes out and blows up the town, who's legally culpable? The gov't or the gun store owner? See where this is going? I just have concerns about mental healthcare screenings as a way to weed out the loons. The last few systematically planned their shootings with a high degree of planning and had some college. I'm skeptical, though not completely opposed to the idea.