Pro-gun article

[NC_Skins]

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BBC News - Shooting at US Army's Fort Hood base in Texas


The US has a mental health problem. Let's focus on the real cause of this bullshit instead of sweeping it under the rug.

[Buffalo Bob]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

http://news.yahoo.com/fort-hood-shoo...ntsharebuttons

BBC News - Shooting at US Army's Fort Hood base in Texas


The US has a mental health problem. Let's focus on the real cause of this bullshit instead of sweeping it under the rug.

It seems like the old fashion one on one fist fight which was a popular way to settle disputes when I was a young man is a thing of the past. I also noticed it seems especially with the younger mass shooters a large percentage of them seem to be the dorky slightly built socially awkward types, ones that would have been picked on a lot back in the day.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Fort Hood shooting leaves 4 dead, including gunman; 16 injured

BBC News - Shooting at US Army's Fort Hood base in Texas


The US has a mental health problem. Let's focus on the real cause of this bullshit instead of sweeping it under the rug.

Again I agree with you but now comes the argument ,if that person has a mental health issue should he be allowed to buy a gun ,it is his 2nd amendment right correct ?

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Again I agree with you but now comes the argument ,if that person has a mental health issue should he be allowed to buy a gun ,it is his 2nd amendment right correct ?

I can't really give you a good answer. It's a slippery slope to say the least. The problem with is the degrees of mental health issues. A depression isn't on the same level as a psychotic schizophrenic, but I'm sure you have legislators that want anybody sent in to see counseling banned from owning a gun. That isn't right. I hate to say it, but I'd much rather have the rare shootings, than to have people's rights trampled on by the government. Even so, more often than not the gun legislation isn't going to stop bad people from doing bad things.

[Buffalo Bob]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Fort Hood shooting leaves 4 dead, including gunman; 16 injured

BBC News - Shooting at US Army's Fort Hood base in Texas


The US has a mental health problem. Let's focus on the real cause of this bullshit instead of sweeping it under the rug.

Well you would have to change some laws and give away some freedoms for public safety and most people are unwilling to do that. I am talking about laws about detaining people against their will for mental health evaluations. Almost every mass shooter lately has been described as troubled or strange by people who knew them. Unfortunately if you are an adult, don't commit a crime or go completely berserk in public nothing can be done to have you mentally evaluated against your will.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Unfortunately if you are an adult, don't commit a crime or go completely berserk in public nothing can be done to have you mentally evaluated against your will.

Good ,if people act "crazy" , go "berserk" or commit a crime of hate or aggression then they shouldn't have guns .

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Well you would have to change some laws and give away some freedoms for public safety and most people are unwilling to do that.

You mean most gun owners aren't willing to do that ,them and the NRA .

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Well you would have to change some laws and give away some freedoms for public safety and most people are unwilling to do that. I am talking about laws about detaining people against their will for mental health evaluations. Almost every mass shooter lately has been described as troubled or strange by people who knew them. Unfortunately if you are an adult, don't commit a crime or go completely berserk in public nothing can be done to have you mentally evaluated against your will.

Originally Posted by Giantone

You mean most gun owners aren't willing to do that ,them and the NRA .

I think you need to really think about the part he mentioned that I bolded and underlined. Detaining people against their will for mental health evaluations? So who's going to decide that? The government? The local law enforcement? Do you trust those morons and corrupt agencies? We know exactly how this will turn out. "Oh, they are a political enemy or somebody protesting my crimes.....better have them hauled in because I think they are crazy."

No thank you. Absolutely not. It's already to a point where we are becoming more and more of a police state. It won't be just gun owners and the NRA against some bullshit like that.