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Pity we can't keep the mentally ill from posting on message boards.
Idiocy is not a mental illness......
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Pity we can't keep the mentally ill from posting on message boards.
Seriously, why would the NRA want the mentally ill to have gun rights?
You oppose the right of people to go to court and prove that they aren't actually crazy?
Maybe we should prevent mentally ill people from voting or driving cars forever too.
To own or have access to guns? Once they have a documented mental illness? Yes I do!
Mental Illness:
Any of various conditions characterized by impairment of an individual's normal cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning, and caused by social, psychological, biochemical, genetic, or other factors, such as infection or head trauma. Also called emotional illness, mental disease, mental disorder.
(Medicine / Pathology) any of various disorders in which a person's thoughts, emotions, or behavior are so abnormal as to cause suffering to himself, herself, or other people.
mental illness - definition of mental illness by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
States have mostly entrusted these decisions to judges, who are often ill-equipped to conduct investigations from the bench. Many seemed willing to simply give petitioners the benefit of the doubt. The results often seem haphazard.
At least a few hundred people with histories of mental health issues already get their gun rights back each year. The number promises to grow, since most of the new state laws are just beginning to take effect. And in November, the Department of Veterans Affairs responded to the federal legislation by establishing a rights restoration process for more than 100,000 veterans who have lost their gun privileges after being designated mentally incompetent by the agency.
Pity we can't keep the mentally ill from posting on message boards.
Idiocy is not a mental illness......
States have mostly entrusted these decisions to judges, who are often ill-equipped to conduct investigations from the bench. Many seemed willing to simply give petitioners the benefit of the doubt. The results often seem haphazard.
At least a few hundred people with histories of mental health issues already get their gun rights back each year. The number promises to grow, since most of the new state laws are just beginning to take effect. And in November, the Department of Veterans Affairs responded to the federal legislation by establishing a rights restoration process for more than 100,000 veterans who have lost their gun privileges after being designated mentally incompetent by the agency.
Some With Histories of Mental Illness Petition to Get Their Gun Rights Back - The New York Times
Seriously scary...
For the first, and likely last time, we agree.
The question is, however, can you and others on the right be consistent with your advocacy of due process.
Seriously, why would the NRA want the mentally ill to have gun rights?
Define ..mentally ill
By Jeffrey Young
People with histories of mental illness and a proclivity toward violence are not supposed to be able to purchase firearms in the United States. But in practice, say experts, a patchwork of state and federal laws only apply to people who have been institutionalized or deemed by authorities to be dangerous.
Federal law mandates background checks meant to keep convicted felons and people with mental illnesses from legally acquiring guns, but the rules only apply to people who buy weapons from licensed dealers -- meaning that people, including those with mental illnesses, can buy what they please from other individuals at gun shows or elsewhere. At the state level, standards vary and are bedeviled by poor tracking and a lack of coordination with federal authorities, making enforcement spotty.
In short, no effective system exists that can prevent those with mental illness from getting hold of deadly firearms or reliably predict who may act out in violence.
The underlying goal of laws restricting who can buy guns is to keep guns out of the hands of the people most likely to commit violent acts. By that measure, the laws aren't working, said Paul Appelbaum, the director of the Division of Law, Ethics and Psychiatry at Columbia University's department of psychiatry.
By Jeffrey Young
People with histories of mental illness and a proclivity toward violence are not supposed to be able to purchase firearms in the United States. But in practice, say experts, a patchwork of state and federal laws only apply to people who have been institutionalized or deemed by authorities to be dangerous.
Federal law mandates background checks meant to keep convicted felons and people with mental illnesses from legally acquiring guns, but the rules only apply to people who buy weapons from licensed dealers -- meaning that people, including those with mental illnesses, can buy what they please from other individuals at gun shows or elsewhere. At the state level, standards vary and are bedeviled by poor tracking and a lack of coordination with federal authorities, making enforcement spotty.
In short, no effective system exists that can prevent those with mental illness from getting hold of deadly firearms or reliably predict who may act out in violence.
The underlying goal of laws restricting who can buy guns is to keep guns out of the hands of the people most likely to commit violent acts. By that measure, the laws aren't working, said Paul Appelbaum, the director of the Division of Law, Ethics and Psychiatry at Columbia University's department of psychiatry.
More: Gun Control Laws Fail To Keep Mentally Ill Away From Guns
Seriously, why would the NRA want the mentally ill to have gun rights?
Define ..mentally ill
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Sorry, couldn't resist.
Possession of a firearm by the mentally ill is regulated by both state and federal laws.
Federal Law
Under 18 U.S.C. § 922(d), it is unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution.
State Laws (see link below)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) helped bring about stricter laws relating to drunk driving. Sounds like America needs a similar movement to help keep guns out of the hands of mentally defectives.
Possession of a firearm by the mentally ill is regulated by both state and federal laws.
Federal Law
Under 18 U.S.C. § 922(d), it is unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution.
State Laws (see link below)
Possession of a Firearm by the Mentally Ill
Sure I did...
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) helped bring about stricter laws relating to drunk driving. Sounds like America needs a similar movement to help keep guns out of the hands of mentally defectives.