The title of this NY Times article seems to me to falsely imply that people who are known to be actively psychotic and/or an imminent threat to themselves or others are allowed to keep their guns.
The issue actually discussed in the article seems to be how long firearms should be taken from people deemed to be legally dangerous and how the length of time varies from state to state.
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To: Seizethecarp
Everybody in the TEA party is mentally ill, right NYT?
2 posted on
12/22/2013 7:15:28 PM PST by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
To: Seizethecarp
mentally ill..i thought they were talking about liberals?
3 posted on
12/22/2013 7:17:57 PM PST by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
To: Seizethecarp
As far as I can tell, the mentally ill are allowed to exercise every other right. Why not?
4 posted on
12/22/2013 7:20:27 PM PST by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Seizethecarp
This has the potential to be misused by power hungry progressives. or Dianne Feinstein. I don't know who is worse
5 posted on
12/22/2013 7:24:05 PM PST by
darkwing104
(Forgive but don't forget)
To: Seizethecarp
The bigger issue is this:
How can anyone tell you with a straight face that deranged people aren't allowed to own guns if Federal law (HIPAA) is aimed at ensuring the confidentiality of medical records?
This is the question nobody in the gun control crowd even attempts to answer in any discussion about the issue of "background checks."
6 posted on
12/22/2013 7:28:02 PM PST by
Alberta's Child
("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
To: Seizethecarp
Should the mentally ill be allowed to vote? Or teach?
8 posted on
12/22/2013 7:29:18 PM PST by
DBrow
To: Seizethecarp; GeronL; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
When the right to drive a car into a crowd includes the mentally ill.
When the right to fly on an airplane unescorted includes the mentally ill.
When the right to vote includes the mentally ill.
It’s an easy game to play if you try it.]
LOCK UP THE CRIMINALLY INSANE ALREADY. If they cannot be held accountable for their actions, then they require 24 guardianship. NOTHING LESS.
To: Seizethecarp
If you agree with Phil Robertson that homosexuality is a sin and the Bible is true, then our media says you are mentally ill and should not own firearms. The Soviet Union perfected this technique - political troublemakers, Christians, and free thinking intellectuals were declared mentally ill and locked away into horror chambers.
10 posted on
12/22/2013 7:29:49 PM PST by
SkyPilot
To: Seizethecarp
We let the mentally ill vote.
Why not let them carry guns?
Which “right” does more harm?
11 posted on
12/22/2013 7:38:02 PM PST by
Tzimisce
To: Seizethecarp
Is it a problem of nuts getting guns, or nuts not being adjudicated as such? When the “prohibited person” was described by the Gun Control Act of 1968, society was more likely to adjudicate somebody “as a mental defective.” These days, society recoils from the term.
To: Seizethecarp
1. According to liberals, all Conservatives are “mentally ill.”
2. Liberals believe the “mentally ill” should be disarmed.
3. You are “mentally ill” to disagree.
14 posted on
12/22/2013 7:40:52 PM PST by
golux
To: Seizethecarp
****In Washington, discussion of new mental health restrictions was conspicuously absent from the federal gun control debate. ****
That problem was solved back in 1968!
“Today we begin to disarm the criminal and the careless and the insane. All of our people who are deeply concerned in this country about law and order should hail this day.”
- Lyndon Johnson when he signed the 1968 GCA into law.
15 posted on
12/22/2013 7:40:54 PM PST by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: Seizethecarp
The
"CoastalCommieLibs" are just taking another page from the old CCCP playbook, claiming all political opponents to be mentally ill.
Which is why they are pressing the issue with vigor all of a sudden.
16 posted on
12/22/2013 7:50:10 PM PST by
SecondAmendment
(Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
To: Seizethecarp
Note the number of states for which WA State has no ccl license reciprocity and that most have little or no mental health checking. The lack of mental health checking in firearms sales and ccl is a big deal. Oh, I mean serious mental health issues not depression,but potential for suicide or violence.
http://www.atg.wa.gov/concealedweapons/reciprocity.aspx#.Urez__s355c
18 posted on
12/22/2013 8:00:14 PM PST by
Robert357
(D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
To: Seizethecarp
19 posted on
12/22/2013 8:00:25 PM PST by
TurboZamboni
("PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN OF GOOD WILL".)
To: Seizethecarp
When the Right to Bear Arms Includes the Mentally IllWell, I don't see how you can keep politicians from having guns, given that for some reason we let them write the laws!
20 posted on
12/22/2013 8:00:39 PM PST by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Seizethecarp
24 posted on
12/22/2013 8:14:38 PM PST by
oblomov
To: Seizethecarp
Every elected official needs to pass a background check and be tested for mental illness before they can be armed with power to limit, or better yet protect our rights.
26 posted on
12/22/2013 8:28:13 PM PST by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: Seizethecarp
From the article: "that the police be given a mechanism for removing guns from people they believe to be dangerous. "This is the problem - allowing police to take away property with no court authorization necessary. Its one thing if a nut is walking down the street armed and making threats; its quite another for police to come to your home without a warrant demanding that you turn over firearms "just because they say so."
28 posted on
12/22/2013 8:41:43 PM PST by
45Auto
(Big holes are (almost) always better.)
To: Seizethecarp
Mental illness is permanent in the same way a broken leg is permanent.
34 posted on
12/22/2013 11:29:48 PM PST by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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