GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[sally]

Just wondering what everyone thinks a gun registry would accomplish?

I think some states have laws that violent felons cannot live in a household with any guns. The same should be for the mentally ill or anyone who has been admitted to a mental health facility for any reason. If guns were registered it would make easier to ensure these people aren't being released to households that have an arsenal at their reach.

I don't really have any strong opinions on it either way, I'm in the middle on the gun debate. I think a more important first step should be to have armed security at the schools and making it harder to get in.

That is discrimination and the "for any reason" statement could come down to an officers opinion that a perfectly sane person needs to be observed for 24 hours. That happens a lot actually.

It's never happened to me. And you just said a few pages back that the issue that needs to be addressed is the mentally ill. So if we don't discriminate and ensure they have no access to firearms what do you suggest?