I wasn't going to take it to the nerf place. This isn't internet troll land (at least not from me). Again, I'm asking for fully articulated examples. Felony...so wire fraud? And mental health...so someone gets a prescription for depression or OCD meds...no gun for you? How about Postpartum issues? And if they owned already, and then later in life had an onset of mental health issues? Their property is forfeit? They are compelled to give to the State without compensation? How do you go about enforcing it? It's not as though a doctor can make a diagnosis of "OCD like tendencies and a fear of Spiders" and then tell the state, which would then want to take my guns away....
Unless you were also advocating for a violation of Doctor/Patient confidentiality for any mental health issue?
Don't change the subject. I proposed the scenario that once their time is served, they get their free speech, religion, press, etc. back....
Let's say you have a felon who served his time for aggravated assault. He served his time, and has decided a quite life in the mountains is now his thing. He better hope that he can fend off a bear with a baseball bat....
Define that one please. "Shouldn't be allowed to access a gun..." so if their family member has one, it is a choice between getting rid of their gun or never seeing their family member again?
Except for the fact that I can't hide a car in my underwear drawer. Besides the fact that I don't have a right to a car, as someone who had a stolen car, it can sometimes take months (if ever) for the car to be recovered...and a car is big.
Ok, sure. When it comes to firearm licenses, I'm pretty ok with that. Much like I have to have license to drive a car. Granted, I don't have the right to a car, but in the interest of public safety, there should at least be nominal proof that I can operate the car safely. Please notice that it was that I can operate the care safely, and not that I was "allowed" to have a car.
~Jeordam
1) Preventing violent felons from purchasing guns are the ones current research suggest would help reduce gun related deaths. It's already illegal for them to buy them in most of the US, but the lack of background checks makes it impossible to enforce.
2) Then make it a penalty for the crime. Commit a violent crime? Can't own a gun anymore. Abuse a child? Can't go near a school. But then again, if it was unconstitutional it wouldn't exist so widely already.
3) I'll tackle the mental health issues all in one. Let the CDC do research and allow them to identify potential markers for gun violence (from depression, bipolar etc.) and make it a law that no gun can be kept within that household while a vulnerable person is there. They can either surrender them for safe storage until their situation changes or they can store them safely off-site for use at ranges etc.
4) No, but guns that they do come across can be confiscated, which reduces the ease of flow.
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