From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #162 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Tuesday, January 29 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 162 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Guns in the USA, njc [Lori Renee Fye ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:10:17 +0000 From: Lori Renee Fye Subject: Re: Guns in the USA, njc > I've heard some say that guns don't kill people- > that the real problem is keeping guns away from > the mentally I'll. But no one wants to discuss > making a national list of mentally ill people! It's going to take more than background checks. Psychological tests MUST be implemented, and tests for abuse of drugs (including prescription drugs) and alcohol should be implemented as well. ("I'm sorry, but your liver is shot, so you don't get to shoot.") Things have gotten so far out of control in the US that there is really no way around the necessity for these things, HIPAA be damned. It's not as if the government isn't keeping all sorts of data on its citizens as it is. Yes, someone will argue that I am voluntarily giving up my own rights. Guess what? Your right to not be shot trumps my right to own a gun. My right to not be shot trumps your right to own a gun. Period. > When people ask me about the 2nd amendment, > I say this: the 2nd amendment was written at a time > when a musket loader was a state of the art weapon. > I fully support everyone's right to carry a musket loader. I agree, although I don't think it's *everyone's* right to own a musket loader. Pass a background check, a psych eval, and drug and alcohol tests, and you can have your musket loader. Otherwise, no. > But the Public is entitled to be protected from killing > machines like rocket propelled grenades, semi > automatic weapons, and magazines that hold more > than ten rounds. My two cents. This is often the point I make in these sorts of discussions with others. People don't get to own howitzers or tanks. They don't get to buy dynamite at the corner hardware store. Hell, you can hardly buy fireworks, which are illegal for public purchase in many US states. Why should guns be any different? Americans (and others, but particularly Americans) need to give up on this weird and stupid idea that they can have anything they want just because they want it. Lori Wales ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #162 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------