[DB]

I don’t think it is unreasonable that you have to be a citizen in order to purchase a gun. And if the Fed is going to demand background checks, they should have access to mental health records that indicate when a person has serious issues with reality...

[Lurker]

And if the Fed is going to demand background checks,

I just flipped through that listing of the enumerated powers of the Federal government detailed in Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution, and I don't see a word in there about 'demanding' background checks.

Not one.

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[Lurker]

they should have access to mental health records

Can't do that. HIPPA regulations....

L

[Hawthorn]

> I don’t think it is unreasonable that you have to be a citizen in order to purchase a gun. <

I disagree. As John Lott says, “More guns, less crime.” Therefore, if law-abiding, good-hearted greencard holders (resident aliens) have guns and CCW permits, so much the better.

That is, the deterrent effect of “more guns in the hands of good people” isn’t changed by the fact that some of the gun owners haven’t yet obtained citizenship.

And by the way, if NON-LAW-ABIDING aliens want to obtain guns either for terrorism or for simple criminality, they will get them regardless of the law.

[Eagle Eye]

And if the Fed is going to demand background checks, they should have access to mental health records that indicate when a person has serious issues with reality...

There was a time that cars didn't even have seat belts.

Not long ago we were promised that not using a seat belt would never be a primary offense.

Now one can be pulled over by police for not using a seat belt and then asked for permission to search the vehicle.

Giving Feds access to any medical records is a very bad idea. Very bad.

[Atlas Sneezed]

if the Fed is going to demand background checks, they should have access to mental health records that indicate when a person has serious issues with reality...

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So you want President Hillary’s team to have access to our medical files, huh?

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

[meyer]

I don’t think it is unreasonable that you have to be a citizen in order to purchase a gun. And if the Fed is going to demand background checks, they should have access to mental health records that indicate when a person has serious issues with reality...

We'd better think about this one. Given that the vast majority of people in the psychobabble / sociologist line of work are flaming, anti-gun liberals, do we really want them to make the determination as to who's entitled to have a gun? I can see this quickly degenerating into a situation where political enemies will be given a mental health assessment detrimental to their ever buying a gun on the legit. market.