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   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "Shadow"  wrote in message   
   news:j8tecd972ie7mgijs87ov84mirh0ds6p6b@4ax.com...   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > You "forgot" to answer the question. In fact, you deleted it.   
      
   The question is what other rights can be subjected to an arbitrary test....   
      
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