On Jan 10, 9:16*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
DGDevin wrote:
"HeyBub" *wrote in message
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Still, it's the price we must pay so that our ability to defend
ourselves

Which doesn't exclude fine-tuning the law to reduce such incidents. After
the Virginian Tech massacre the NRA endorsed the background
check system being changed so someone a judge considers a danger to
himself and others and orders to undergo psychiatric treatment will
be prevented from purchasing firearms. *This Arizona case suggests to
me that if someone is rejected by the Army on psych grounds (if
that's what happened) then maybe that too should put someone on the
list. *Such exclusions can already be challenged in court so it's
isn't like it's a permanent and arbitrary suspension of a right, but
in the meantime it would be nice to know that someone as visibly
disturbed as this guy can't legally acquire firearms.

I hear what you're saying. Here's a twist:

My current squeeze works intake at a psychiatric hospital. Often a patient
is admitted by order of a judge based on a family member's assertions. The
patient has the option to change his status from 'ordered' to 'voluntary.'

As if you could ever refer to someone as other than your "current
squeeze". I can just hear her (assuming) version - "my soon to be ex-
boyfriend."

I told her that in those cases where the patient is suffering from an
obviously temporary incapacity, such as depression over losing a job, she
might consider telling him that if he declines to switch the admission from
'court ordered' to 'voluntary' he risks forever being unable to own a gun..

If, however, he's a schizophrenic who won't stay on his meds, mum's the
word.

Good point. Without a gun their life wouldn't be worth living, eh?
This is _just_ the advice mentally disturbed people need to hear -
play the system so they can still get a gun. What a paragon you are.
Let me ask you a question, Sparky - I know you believe it's everyone's
right to own a gun, but do you also believe everyone should own a gun?

R