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Originally Posted by Brush Okie
We already have a system in place that this guy slipped through. By the rules today and for many years he should not have had a firearm. Fix the current system, making more rules will not fix it but potentially cause more problems.
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So you think this is a zero-sum game, we can "either" fix the current system "or" make our rules better?
I disagree. We can BOTH fix the current system, and then, as a society of laws, we can make the current system better if (as a society) we agree that other classes of people should not be eligible to own a weapon.
Or are you saying that you are OK with a person with poorly controlled paranoid schizophrenia buying firearms?
I think we all can agree (please tell me if I'm wrong) that a person whose "mental health issues" means mild PTSD or well-controlled depression can own weapons. Just like I think we all can agree that the guy who thinks police officers are evil aliens coming to abduct him should NOT have them. I agree, drawing the line between those two may sometimes be difficult, but that is not a reason to give up and not draw the line at all.