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   From: Sh@dow.br   
      
   On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 02:28:21 -0400, "Scout"   
    wrote:   
      
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   >"Shadow"  wrote in message   
   >news:3f8dcdhk86o6ag8ieqo8llnp7rpv73escr@4ax.com...   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >They are both rights protected by the Bill of Rights within the Constitution   
   >of the United States of America.   
      
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