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   From: me4guns@removethis.this2.spam.centurylink.net   
      
   "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.   
      
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