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   From: me4guns@removethis.this2.spam.centurylink.net   
      
   "Shadow"  wrote in message   
   news:3f8dcdhk86o6ag8ieqo8llnp7rpv73escr@4ax.com...   
   > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 22:14:06 -0400, "Scout"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>"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.   
      
   They are both rights protected by the Bill of Rights within the Constitution   
   of the United States of America.   
      
   What more of a link do you need?   
      
   Oh, let me guess you want to impose double or even more standards for how   
   much we actually protect the rights which are to be totally protected under   
   the Bill of Rights.   
      
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