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   From: Sh@dow.br   
      
   On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 22:14:06 -0400, "Scout"   
    wrote:   
      
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   >"Shadow"  wrote in message   
   >news:823sbdt77bu0erfrqorvvev33r3qru9e3l@4ax.com...   
   >> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:29:10 -0400, Rhino   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On 2018-03-29 6:47 PM, moviePig wrote:   
   >>>> On 3/29/2018 6:23 PM, Shadow wrote:   
   >>>>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:50:12 +0000 (UTC), RW NRA Gunloon   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Swiss authorities have a list of about 2,000 individuals they suspect   
   >>>>>> of   
   >>>>>> being willing to commit shootings. All of them are frequently   
   >>>>>> approached   
   >>>>>> by authorities, along with psychologists, and are forced to hand over   
   >>>>>> their weapons immediately or are barred from purchasing new ones.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     That's probably the most important reason for the extreme   
   >>>>> difference.   
   >>>>>     The Swiss State does background checks and psych and medical   
   >>>>> evaluations on ALL it's citizens.   
   >>>>>     I would have thought those numbers would be higher. Psychotics   
   >>>>> make up a little over 1% of a population. Which would be almost   
   >>>>> 100.000 people (half of which would be male). They are probably exempt   
   >>>>> from military service, and hence also not allowed to own guns.   
   >>>>>     Stop the loony's "right to buy guns" and the problem   
   >>>>> disappears.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 'Loony'.  Hmm.  The devil is in the definition...   
   >>>>   
   >>>To many on the left, the mere desire to own a gun is proof positive that   
   >>>the person desiring the gun *is* a loony.   
   >>   
   >> Crazy people on the "left" too. They would not be allowed to   
   >> purchase guns either if they were screened by mandatory mental   
   >> examinations.   
   >> I maintain that mandatory mental screening should be   
   >> implemented for ANYONE that wants to buy a gun.   
   >   
   >Similarly they should be mandated for anyone that wishes to exercise free   
   >speech, publish without censorship, meet in any assembly, would require a   
   >warrant before any search, etc.   
   >   
   >After all, if it's so vital, then such a condition should apply to the   
   >exercise of ANY Constitutional right.   
      
   	Hey, your statement would make a great text for the exam.   
   People would have to analyze if there is a link between carrying guns   
   and free speech.   
   	Can you think of any countries where free speech is allowed,   
   but the "right" to carry a gun is not ? If not, why not ?   
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