GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[HairOfTheDog]

Yea, the problem with that barry rule was it was Way to fucking broad as to who decides who is crazy and how exactly how they are to come to that decision. It was a way for barry and co to enact Some kind of gun control even though there are virtually no crimes that could have been prevented by this measure. I don't think it was a Bad law, just a very poorly written one that would be prone to misuse and abuse.
It also was unfairly discriminatory in that it Only affected people on SS and no one else.
I am all about getting guns away from the crazies, but it has to be fair

I don't really know much about this so bear with me, if people don't have the wherewithal to manage their own money it only stands to reason that they shouldn't be allowed the responsibility of owning a firearm. What other people were being caught in this rule? I'm asking because I don't know and I don't think I've ever heard it talked about.

I have some concerns about the execution and reach of this law as well. But, that's true with almost any law. Some people get restricted to minimize a public risk, even though they're not a threat.

Anyway, the rule doesn't say that anyone with a fiduciary or who can't/won't manage their own finances is prohibited from gun ownership. And, it certainly doesn't say or mean that all SS recipients or all those residing in assisted living facilities are prohibited by federal law -- that's false rhetoric.

The federal law requires that the Social Security Administration report to the Attorney General, for inclusion in the NICS, Social Security recipients who have been deemed unable to manage their own affairs due to "marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease." That's in line with the Veteran's rule and the rules that require courts to report legally deemed "incompetent" people to NCIS.

The problem, to me, isn't that SS recipients with mental disabilities are being prohibited from gun ownership. That's as it should be. I don't want another gramps or grams to shoot/kill themselves or others due to confusion/dementia, etc..

The problem is that so few states and courts actually report non-SS recipients deemed incompetent to NICS, as required under the law. If the SS Administration fully complies with the law and few other agencies do, the rule becomes sorta discriminatory in execution.