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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:34 PM Original message |
Purchasing a gun should require a mental health assessment |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Agreed. We should require one for voter registration as well. And for welfare or food stamps. |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. A psychologist? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Ha! |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Let the market decide |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kind of like the way you have to still be able to see, in order to keep driving |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. There should be a vision and reaction/reflex test for all drivers (I'd say every 3-5 years). |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. And all shooters. Every 3-5 years. |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. And common sense universal helmet laws ! |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Hmm... the last mass-killing via motorcycle was...? |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Might help when Mexicans go bowling for bikers with Buicks |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That was a bad one |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Didnt that guy get the needle ? |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I have a snarky response but it would be in bad taste n/t |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I believe it happened in Mexico. Don't know what happened to him. n/t |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. But only on public roads. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. So should having kids. |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. As should signing up to run for office |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. And using every inalienable right should require a mental health assessment. n/t |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Nope, just pee in the bottle and |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. OK if you hold the bottle! |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Not if you have to |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. What a male chauvinistic statement but I only squat when I have a prostate problem that my female |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Welcome to to the gun friendly state of MA... |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Only land owning tax-payers should be allowed to have Civil Priviliges. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. I agree. Running for Congress should require that, too. nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. So should having kids, or owning a motor vehicle. Just sayin'. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. I keep hoping some DUer will post something different from the same old nonsensical anti-RKBA |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. They have not learned yet that pushing positions favored by less |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. See #24. A cheap shot but it's all I got. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Brought this up before. |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm beginning to think running for Public Office should too! sigh. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. Change that to a requirement for Internet access... |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think I would have to audit the shrink first |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. You're right |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. How about a mental health exam for corporations? |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. A mental health assessment should require gun purchases... |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. As long as the cost comes out of your pocket... |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. Until recent years, the NJ Constitution stated that idiots and insane people could not vote |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Oklahoma gun law |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. They left out imbeciles, maybe that's the loophole! |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. We wouldn't have a congress if it weren't for them n/t |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Discount the imbecile voting block at your own peril |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
36. Who would be in charge and who would decide who sits on the board? |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. bingo |
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Xela (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
39. Nonsense. What would be next? Test to buy knives? |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. You're right. We've had far too many book massacres this year |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Since we are only 12 days into this year, you are correct. Please look at the following and see if |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. And being able to vote |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. Most gun crimes are not caused by a mentally ill person. So this would be of little use... |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. The act of wanting to own a weapon designed to kill other human beings |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Um... Yeah... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. Thanks for an OP that invites many humorous replies alluding to the inaneness of your OP. n/t |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. I think the same should go for |
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