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   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "Shadow"  wrote in message   
   news:3f8dcdhk86o6ag8ieqo8llnp7rpv73escr@4ax.com...   
   > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 22:14:06 -0400, "Scout"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>"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.   
      
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