Thanks for the shout out. I will stand by my posts and let the FBI see my internet activities, and yes, I did hold a TS clearance while employed. And yes, I have purchased firearms and gone though the background check as it exists today. Is it good enough?
If you want to give a weapon to someone like Cruz after seeing his posts, go for it. I am for the 2A but it is not a license for suicide. Either you believe there are some people who should be institutionalized or you don’t, which is it?
BTW, I don’t accept that taking steps to block someone’s purchase of a gun is going to stop an evil person from getting one. So if a person is a danger to society, then he or she should not be walking around. I am with Trump about bringing back mental health institutions. I would say a large number of homeless people should be in one. And clearly someone who wants to be a professional school shooter should be in one.
Is what good enough? Do you mean the background check as it exists today or your statement of background and position? Perhaps the answer to either is “it depends”.
As far as “let the FBI see my internet activities”, I'm not so sure I'd be happy with that everything considered these days. They aren't going to find anything criminal so far as I know, but they might find some political views to disagree with. Anyway, the words I responded to didn't limit it to the FBI.
“If you want to give a weapon to someone like Cruz after seeing his posts, go for it.”
I don't want to give a weapon to someone like Cruz, but it's not just based on his posts. Actually, I only know about the one in which he said he wanted to be a professional school shooter. If that and a few posts like it were all I had to go by I'd want to know more. If it's one post: was he just having a bad day? Was he being facietious or sarcastic? Was he playing Devil's Advocate in a discussion? All the other stuff known about him makes a difference.
“I am for the 2A but it is not a license for suicide.”
Agreed.
“Either you believe there are some people who should be institutionalized or you don’t, which is it?”
Some people need to be institutionalized. Some people need killing. The question is which ones and why and can we trust the ones who set the criteria and make the decisions. People who need killing are people like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and anyone who is trying to murder me or mine. The people who need to be institutionalized comprise all of those who disagrees with me. They're nuts on the face of it. (Dear FBI: That was a joke. But there are people who feel that way.)
” So if a person is a danger to society, then he or she should not be walking around.”
“Danger to society” is a matter of disagreement among the members of society. Too many seem to think that the NRA and all it's members are a danger to society. They might also think you are a danger to society since you, as admitted on the internet, purchased a firearm.