10-10-2015, 08:42 AM
(10-10-2015, 06:27 AM)Duchess Wrote:(10-10-2015, 02:10 AM)BlueTiki Wrote: Or maybe the constitutional rights of the mentally ill and the criminals, trump those of law abiding citizens or the body politic?
That's what I believe. I can't help but feel if that weren't the case there would be a database filled with the names of those who have seen a professional for mental health issues. Their right to privacy trumps a citizens right to be safe. This doesn't just effect those who get access to guns but those who would fly a plane full of people into a mountain.
Thats exactly what One of the many aspects to this problem is (are?)
I have said it before, check on the nuts and fruits and make sure they have no access to weapons, make sure their families know and acknowledge that they must not have access. For the patients it would be a bit like being on probation.
I also think the existing laws need to be tightened up, specifically the background checks at gun shows and hign volume private sales. These things can be done without the $400,000,000 price tag attached to the last lame ass grab the dems came up with.
There is no magic bullet, but there are several things to be done that will help.