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Viewpoints: Gun violence restraining orders could save lives
The Sacramento Bee ^ | Published: Saturday, Jun. 21, 2014 - 12:00 am | By Nancy Skinner

Posted on 06/21/2014 11:39:45 AM PDT by Mariner

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To: NFHale

Maybe we should make murder illegal. That would solve everything, right?


41 posted on 06/22/2014 7:09:53 AM PDT by matt04
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To: Mariner

“gun violence restraining orders could save lives”

Liberal truthspeak (oxy-moronic, I admit): So far restraining orders do not save any lives, (as being armed for self defense does) but this idea could be a new “legal” way to disarm Americans. Let’s toll with it!


42 posted on 06/22/2014 8:01:43 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (There's only one reason for authorities to take the arms of good people.)
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toll = roll

DOH!


43 posted on 06/22/2014 8:02:22 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (There's only one reason for authorities to take the arms of good people.)
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To: EC1
"So how can you let someone with violent mood swings or a psychological disorder own a gun?"

What would you propose as both a diagnostic and legal threshold?

That is the crux of the matter.

Already those adjudicated as "mentally defective" cannot buy or own.

44 posted on 06/22/2014 9:43:34 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: matt04

Make ASSAULT Illegal... Poof!!! Assaults vanish overnight!

Make Battery Illegal... Badabing! Gone! Jus’like’dat...!

Make Arson Illegal...

Yeah... I know...


45 posted on 06/22/2014 10:11:25 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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Already those adjudicated as “mentally defective” cannot buy or own.


That is my concern. I’m not going to bother with the slippery slope or judicial activism arguments - to be blunt you know them better than me anyway. You are closer to the beast and can watch it breathing.

Still, I am minded of JFK. Shook his fist at the sky and said “before the end of this decade, we are going to put a man on the moon.” I were too young to hear that. Were not too young to sit out in the garden in 1969, looking at the moon and knowing people were walking on it. I could hear it on the radio. Still have the tape Dad made of it, though Lord knows where I’ll find a tape player now.

I trust America. Not Obama, or Reid, or Cruz, or Boner. I trust the real Americans. The ones that look at you and say “That’s impossible. Do you need it Wednesday or Thursday?”

If there is a single country who can solve how the mind works, you are lucky enough to live in it.

Is there a risk? Of course there is. There is always a risk. Doesn’t mean it’s not worth a shot, and if conservatives grab it and run with it - well - they are going to get a lot of interest.


46 posted on 06/22/2014 12:14:42 PM PDT by EC1
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