[2harddrive]

If he is sane enough to be allowed on the streets....he is sane enough to buy a gun, is he not? If he is THAT dangerous, shouldn’t he be locked up? After all....he may go for a knife...or a box-cutter.

[NonValueAdded]

"Obviously there is no magic congressional response that will be guaranteed to prevent another horrific school tragedy," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt

"but we're not gonna let that stop us and are spending like hell so we look good," he should have continued.

[snowsislander]

I think that we will end up with a stupid system that will any arbitrary medical or governmental entity to permanently bar any one person from owning firearms simply by declaring that person to be "mentally unfit."

I believe that the NRA is wrong to support on this bill.

A spokesman for the National Rifle Association, Andrew Arulanandam, said his organization continues to "be supportive of the legislation that would add the names of those adjudicated as mentally defective to the national instant check list."

I agree with the Liberty Coalition and Gun Owners of America that this is a horrendously bad idea.

From a letter (it's in Word format) they have published: “Action to retroactively label people mentally defective without notice and a hearing is a violation of basic fundamental fairness and due process. Further, now declaring persons who in the past voluntarily submitted to mental health evaluation and/or treatment as mentally defective would deter people from seeking mental health assistance in the future. Finally, millions of Americans and veterans who might have undergone post-combat zone counseling or other treatment could find themselves unknowingly in violation of federal gun laws, or, lose their security clearance or employment.”

[Joe Brower]

I note that the same $400 million dollars that the dems are happy to spend to infringe our God-given freedoms is the same amount they want to slice from the Airborne Laser (ABL) program, a much worthier endeavor, IMHO.

[ZULU]

Will Jorge sign it???

[Jasper]

Odd Angry Shot: Who Killed Our Kids - by John Conner

/jasper

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

So they simply declare us all insane.

[wastedyears]

If they want a gun, they’ll find a way to find one.

[Don Corleone]

“The Government shall make no law.......”