GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[ramseycat]

I don't like the killing any more than anyone else does, it's heartbreaking but I'm going to argue for guns before I would ever argue against them. Everyone wants more goddamn laws governing what people can buy, what they can't, who can have them, etc. No one ever addresses the fact that it's only law abiding citizens that these laws affect, they don't affect a fucknut nor a thug.

There should be a secret database of all people with mental health problems that database is kept secure until anyone on it tries to legally purchase a firearm. Then it kicks in and alerts the seller that this person in question has a history of mental problems and is not suitable for gun ownership.

No sale, now that person might go on and acquire a gun by illegal means but at least makes it less easy for them to get a gun like Seung Hui Cho walking into Walmart and buying two pistols and ammo like slim jims over the counter.

So you have no problem with YOUR name being in the secret list? You have a documented history of mental illness. Would you consider yourself someone that should own a gun?