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   From: Sh@dow.br   
      
   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. And that only a   
   psychotic or dangerous sociopath would disagree with that. A little 2   
   hour test once every 2 years or so hurts no one.   
   	Everyone that passes should be allowed to purchase a gun. Not   
   a much of a deterrent in case the government decides to go rogue and   
   uses drones, bombs, nerve gas or tanks but it will make them think   
   twice.   
      
   	You realize you are deflecting from the thread ? Or maybe not.   
   Maybe you need that test.   
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