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   On 10 Jan 2022, "Scout"    
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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.   
   >   
   > Who needs a link?   
   >   
   > After all, we can establish a link between free speech and all   
   sorts of   
   > crimes including riots, insurrection and even civil rebellion.   
      
   Like the links in Portland, Seattle and San Francisco?   
      
   Portland was virtually destroyed.  Seattle and San Francisco became   
   feces covered festering monuments to Democratic party governance   
   failures.   
      
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