When Gun Owners Get Angry

psmag.com ^ | 4/13/2015 | Kate Wheeling

[rktman]

Tens of thousands of gun-loving Americans gathered in Nashville, Tennessee, this past weekend for the National Rifle Association’s annual convention. Despite early headlines that claimed attendees would have to leave their guns at home, convention goers were able to bear arms in the conference center—and almost in the city’s public parks. In a nation with nearly as many privately owned guns as there are citizens, even NRA members support laws that block patients with histories of psychiatric commitments from owning guns. But a new study shows that curbing gun violence will require more comprehensive policies than just keeping firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill.

[V_TWIN]

“Tens of thousands of gun-loving Americans gathered in Nashville, Tennessee, this past weekend for the National Rifle Association’s annual convention.”

Hmm, all those guns in the same place and no reports of gun violence?.......Weird.

I assume there was none because if there had been I’m sure the lefty lib media woulda went batcrap crazy and gone with it as 24/7 breaking news.

[Bidimus1]

Dictatorship of Doctors would be even worse that the present one by Lawyers.

[Lazamataz]

The authors suggest that rather than screening potential gun owners based on their mental health history, “gun restrictions based on criminal records of misdemeanor violence, DUI/DWIs, controlled substance crimes, and temporary domestic violence restraining orders could be a more effective—and politically more palatable—means of limiting gun access in this high-risk group.”

If you've EVER had a disorderly conduct, yer banned. If you have EVER had a DUI, yer banned. If you were EVER caught with a joint, yer banned. If you have EVER had a divorcing wife issue a TPO, yer banned.

How about no. Does NO work for you?

Dammit, this ffffffffers love to ratchet it up. Say they got this. Next, would be ANY misdemeanor, yer banned. Then, ANY traffic ticket, yer banned.

[NorthMountain]

I just wrote out the checks for my state and federal taxes

Taxes should be due on the first Monday in November ...

[Lazamataz]

I note that there is no comment allowed at the Pacific Standard.

You are to be force-fed our opinion, plebian, and you just STFU, you hear?

[longtermmemmory]

This debate is about protecting the modern bureaucratic aristocracy from the voting class.

It really is about government first citizens second.

Scum like Obama, deblasio, san franceesco tech limo liberals, and Clinton want US citizenship to be meaningless like citizen of the roman empire.

[rktman]

Smoking in public-—————no gun for you. :>}

[themidnightskulker]

I have one more episode of Turn to watch on Netflix.

I seem to be seeing a reoccuring theme; The more things change, the more they stay the same 239 years later...

It is cool watching it with my son and a copy of the Constitution. It casts great illumination on the Bill of Rights.

[rktman]

Contrarians denied. How dare you question our opinions.

[tbw2]

Or all the crazy people who seem to push innocent bystanders in front of subways and trains.

[Exeter]

“...gun restrictions based on criminal records of misdemeanor violence, DUI/DWIs, controlled substance crimes, and temporary domestic violence restraining orders could be a more effective...means of limiting gun access...”

Back during the 50’s there was a deplorable practice in the South called a “literacy test”. Ostensibly just to prove the prospective voter had an understanding of the issues being voted on, in reality it was a means of blocking blacks from voting since they were the only people who consistently failed the test.
A version of this same despicable act is now being offered by these “researchers”. Oh, you can own a firearm they say. Just as long as you have never;
robbed a bank,
shot someone,
smoked grass,
been drunk at a party,
had an ex-wife swear out a restraining order out of spite,
etc.
Wait, we still have gun violence? Better listen to those researchers and increase the restrictions to include;
any speeding tickets,
jaywalking,
breaking in line at a movie,
talking sports smack,
offending anyone...
But you see where I’m going. Who do you think would write these rules that determine whether you can protect yourself? Will they be politicians who surround themselves with bodyguards while telling you that DUI from back in college means you and your family will be defenseless? Will these overseers have your best interest at heart, or their political agenda?
“quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” isn’t just a quaint Latin phrase in this instance. It cuts to the very fallacy of this whole argument.
The rest of you may accept this hidden ambush, but I’ll stick with the 2nd Amendment.

[Sooth2222]

Following the links:

From the abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bsl.2172/abstract;jsessionid=09D1D7D0EA798D7D280D3209C92A3FCC.f03t01of "Guns, Impulsive Angry Behavior, and Mental Disorders: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)"

"The study found that a large number of individuals in the United States self-report patterns of impulsive angry behavior and also possess firearms at home (8.9%) or carry guns outside the home (1.5%)."

ONLY 8.9% possess firearms and 1.5% carry? In a country with more guns than people, 91.1% of individuals who identify that they have impulsive angry behavior issues don't even own guns, and 98.5% don't carry? That seems like amazingly good judgment!

[Sooth2222]

I just wrote out the checks for my state and federal taxes

Taxes should be due on the first Monday in November ...

I've been saying that for years. They couldn't schedule Election Day and Tax Day much further apart.

[longtermmemmory]

these are the same crackpots that the USSR financed during the cold war as “opposition to nuke defense missiles”

[joe fonebone]

like the 3 types of action:

Positive action, try and talk to the person or group and reason with them...

Legal action, have the courts sort it out...

Lever action, on your 30/30...

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Tens of thousands of gun-loving Americans gathered in Nashville, Tennessee, this past weekend for the National Rifle Association’s annual convention. Despite early headlines that claimed attendees would have to leave their guns at home, convention goers were able to bear arms in the conference center—and almost in the city’s public parks.

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Well that explains all of the reports of mass shooting in Nashville. Oh wait that didn't happen.... Anybody have the body count for Chicago this weekend?

[dware]

I wonder how many Americans over 60 (70?) feel the same. My guess is you're not alone.

I should hope I'm not alone. And I just hit 40, so I can still put up one helluva fight before it's over.

[Candor7]

“The authors suggest that rather than screening potential gun owners based on their mental health history, “gun restrictions based on criminal records of misdemeanor violence, DUI/DWIs, controlled substance crimes, and temporary domestic violence restraining orders could be a more effective—and politically more palatable—means of limiting gun access in this high-risk group.”>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

No. No way.

[SampleMan]

If people who identify Democrat didn’t have guns, almost all gun violence would stop.