I think you hit issue dead center. Allowing mentally unstable people to have access to guns is a recipe for disaster. Problem is people can't think rationally and make blanket statements about gun control. Either that or it is politically incorrect to deprive the mentally impaired of anything.
One major issue in this country is mental health. It drives much of the homelessness and is a big drain on our resources. If it was better managed we would see lower crime and violence on the whole.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
I think that anyone who is properly trained or even licensed should be allowed to carry, concealed or otherwise. However, the key is allowing the right people to do this.
A few years ago my neighbor across the street got into an argument with his wife, pulled out his handgun, and opened fire on her as she ran up the street. This man had a long history of mental illness issues and was required by a court to take "anger management" classes, yet he was still allowed to legally own a firearm.
Adam Lannza, the twenty year old who killed twenty kids in a school shooting, had a long history of mental illness yet his mother was using firearms to "bond" with him and to pull him "out of his shell". This is the exact kind of person who should not be allowed to own firearms.
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