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cmbdiesel · #**279** 04-16-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

Brady Bill II, FBI Background check, uh, seems the computer systems were hooked up. in addition, Cho was not a convicted felon, only deemed mentally unstable. there is a difference.

point being, just because someone is deemed "competent" to own a gun today, doesn't automatically guarantee they are going to be "competent" to own a gun tomorrow.

saw a special on one of the news shows awhile back. they were doing testing on convicted felons who had been convicted of violent crimes. they ran them through an MRI and found that a certain section of the brain that gives most people a sense of "conscience" was much much smaller. the show went out to say that the FBI estimates that 1 out of 100 people are true psychopaths (void of conscience, they are capable of committing violent acts and and not feel a thing).

if the population of the United States is 300 million and 1 percent are psychopaths, then there are three million whack jobs on the streets. gee, I feel so safe........

Please do yourself a favor, and read the laws, not just the wiki explanation.
There is no mention of the word felon in the law, the wording - 'is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year'.

Furthermore, it is unlawful to purchase firearms if - '...has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution'.

Do you have a concealed carry permit, and if not, why? If it will make you feel safer, go get one. What you are advocating is just as much an imposition on people's rights as the folks saying take away the guns. I don't want the government telling teachers they need to take swat training, or telling private institutions that they must place weapons in their facilities, or even that they must allow weapons on their grounds. If you don't want to go to a university because you are afraid of getting shot, don't go. It is not the governments place to force guns on people any more than it is their place to take them away.