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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:30 PM Original message |
Let's make damn sure that mental illness records get input into the NICS background check |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Would Loughner have any records? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Exactly right... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Thats another area we need to work on ... |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. He was supposed to be on meds that he didn't take so obvsiouly |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Where did you get that info? |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Does AZ require background checks to buy guns? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yes, it's required in all states |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Thanks. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. NICS is a system that does an instant background check on a gun buyer ... |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Thanks. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Agree but IMO we should keep 18 USC 922 that prohibits ownership to those who have been adjudicated |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Good point. I also agree. The bottom line is that the names of people with actual severe mental ... |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. it doesn't work that way |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Some years back, I believe in the mid 1990s ... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Loughner was wavng RED FLAGS with great vigor ... |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. If he's bat shit crazy ... |
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DragonSlave (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. ... As a person who has suffered from mental illness |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Some people have serious mental conditions which could endanger others ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Thank you for speaking out. I wish all these people who are so ready to discriminate |
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DragonSlave (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. I oppose this because I have been mentally unhealthy in the past |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. It takes an adjudication of mental incompetence to make a person ineligible to buy a firearm |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I understand your concern ... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. This is a TERRIBLE idea. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. This idea is supported by the Brady Campaign ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. If you think about it, you may realize that many of the most DANGEROUS people aren't so labeled. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. No offense intended, but you need to be educated. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I also have known mentally ill individuals ... |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I'm all for gun control. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That is a fair point ... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. It only works if there IS a file. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. My point is that there are files that have not been input ... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 05:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. and with financial cutbacks, many will probably just sit there |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. The result may be another mass murder by a person with severe mental problems ... |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Discriminatory. Restrictions should apply to everyone. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. You are quite right, and I appreciate you speaking up. It is VERY distrubing to come to a |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'd assume even a teabagger would want this. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. It's already in place ... we just have to make sure that our states input the data. (n/t) |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
34. Because twenty percent of the population isn't stigmatized enough. (nt) |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
35. An unintended consequence |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Still illegal there, too. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
36. REGISTER ALL THE MENTALLY ILL RIGHT NOW !!!!! |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. O.K. Let's discuss this ... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. these are excellent points - |
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