[lit-ideas] Re: Nutcase Control (law)

  • From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:15:46 -0500

>>Just making laws apparently doesn't get them automatically complied with.  
>>Mike, did you know this? <<

Duh...


>>You're going to have to go well beyond just making your gun law to make 
>>yourself perfectly safe from guns.<<

$50,000 per weapon will do the trick, I think.  Prison for the 2nd offense.


>>maybe Mike & his buddies can forgo their plans to organize all the Pacifist, 
>>Anti-Gun, LeftWingers into a Paramilitary force and conduct house to house 
>>searches in San Jacinto to take away all our guns.<<


Relax, there won't be any need for house to house searches.  As long as you're 
not caught out in public with your gun, the authorities won't know you own one. 
 You'll never be able to use it, it's true, but that's the price of living in a 
civilized state.  It's a policy of don't use, don't lose.  Your guns will be 
your little secret.

Mike Geary
Memphis


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lawrence Helm 
  To: Lit-Ideas 
  Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 10:21 AM
  Subject: [lit-ideas] Nutcase Control (law)



  Well looky here.  There's already a Federal Law that would have prevented Cho 
getting his guns legally -- had it been complied with: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/21/us/21guns.html?em&ex=1177300800&en=fb403a48ef158b97&ei=5087%0A

  The Virginia Law isn't quite up to Federal Standards, but Mr. Bonnie, the 
Director of the University of Virginia Institute on Law, Psychiatry and Public 
Policy says "We are going to fix this."  But note that as defective as the 
Virginia law is, Virginia is the leading state for reporting nutcases to the 
local police.    
  Apparently the current Federal procedure is for someone privy to the 
psychiatric health of an individual to notify local police.  The article goes 
on to say Carolyn McCarthy, Democrat of New York, has been pushing a bill to 
require states to automate their criminal history records so computer databases 
used to conduct background checks on gun buyers are more complete."  Well done 
Carolyn McCarthy!

  Whew!  If more states comply with the Federal Law and Carolyn McCarthy's bill 
gets passed
  Lawrence

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