I support this idea.

except for the fact that driving is a privelage and gun ownership is a right. Drinking is a privelage, and again, gun ownership is a right.......so, I respectfully disagree, rights have to be very very carefully dealt with. Part of me believes requiring a license to carry is even a bit overreaching.

At least that is a thoughtful idea and one that may actually have merit. The fact that we have seen so few suggestions is an indication of how difficult it will be to screen on the basis of mental stability.

I�m not a gun guy. But that doesn�t make me think everyone shouldn�t own one. I�m not
Scared of them either. I have owned some for hunting. Why would I need a examination ? Own S many guns S you like, just don�t punish me cause I don�t like what you do

will you be able to correctly evaluate every single person so their is never another murder? The really evil people like the nut in Florida can pass these test. The people he lived with say they had no clue he was like this. Ted Bundy got his law degree and no one knew how evil he was. Ted work for people running for office along with other jobs in society. Hitler got millions to follow him till it was to late. I guess my point all things we can put in place can still be flawed. The person doing the test may not all be good tester and let bad people through that want to do evil.

Yes we have a problem taking guns and test have never stop evil people before. Their is only one thing that has ever stop evil people willing to do harm, that is good people willing to stand up and stop them with guns. Thats how Ted, Hitler and others were eventually taken down.

So to end until someone can figure out how to spot the next Ted Bundy or Hitler then this will never work.

You want to stop them do like they do in Israel, train people to guard the kids. Israel people live under a constant threat and know what to do. They all know how to use a actual automatic rifle, and not a semi auto AR 15, from when they were in the military. You stop the evil force with a bigger force.

I know this doesn't sit well with our Liberal friends but know one knows threats like the Jewish people do every day.

Israeli people will never give up their guns either. They know they need them to protect their families. I guess only a fool gives up his or her right to protect them selves to someone promising they will always take care of you. That lie has been told every time right before countries lost all their rights. I hate to say it but as the older folks keep dying off their won't be enough left to fight this and the younger people who know nothing about protecting them selves will wake up one day to have all their rights gone, because they wouldn't listen to us old right wing nuts who grew up with Grand dads that did fight in the great War and knew of the lives lost so the left can try and ruin the country they fought so hard for. Theses arguments would not have happen 30 years ago.

Your point speaks to the obscenely expensive nature of the healthcare industry in this country.

If the average American had to pass a mental health test for just about anything I�m convinced at least 75% of y�all would be strapped to a bed.

You give up constitutional rights in the name of safety every day. It's just a question of whether we're going to stop giving semi-automatic weapons to crazy people or if we want to keep being stupid.

Lol, interesting thought.

and I would agree with you, we as people have allowed governing authorities to take away too many of those rights to keep us safe, however, I would rather them not be allowed to decide who gets rights, whether it be voting, bearing arms, right to life, etc. based on our own personal private medical information.

I have been a teacher/coach for30 years and I will tell you if teachers carried I would run out the front door. I trust myself but it ends there. I know this will upset some but when we allowed simiautomatic weapon sales we screwed up. I enjoy shooting guns and have had a blast shooting assault weapons but I would gladly give that up if there was a way to remove them. Second amendment fanatics may not understand why we were allowed to have guns. In 1789 if the government abused the people the people had aright to overthrow the tyrinacle government. That simply can�t happen today.

One of the first things Trump did when he took office was sign a bill (H.J. Resolution 40) that reversed an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illness to buy a gun.

Perhaps it's time to revisit that decision.

You are acting like your question was relevant, well-worded and that anyone agrees with its premise.

As more and more info comes out about the shooter, nothing says he should�ve had access to guns. He was obviously crazy to anyone that spent any amount of time with him, except, apparently, the people he was living with the last three months, but they come off as not wanting any blame.



http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/browar...0217-story.html

Nothing was done and plenty could�ve been done.

Let�s start with enforcing the rules on the books before we start making up reasons to restrict the rights of everyone else.

Finally someone who actually understands. Thanks.

Understands what? Your view point that you haven�t really explained in this thread?