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Even the FBI's expanded list is missing four of every five Americans
who have been ruled mentally dangerous to themselves or others.

1 posted on 12/02/2007 11:40:20 AM PST by Zakeet
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“Justice officials said the FBI’s Mental Defective File has ballooned from 175,000 names in June to nearly 400,000, primarily additions from California.

Hmmm......


2 posted on 12/02/2007 11:49:05 AM PST by proxy_user
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Backdoor gun control! Just expand the list of those prohibited from gun ownership until virtually no one qualifies.


3 posted on 12/02/2007 11:50:36 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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The names are listed in a subset of a database that gun dealers are supposed to check before completing their sales.

WTH?

Why wouldn't the FBI check it as part of their instant check system?

Is it so they can use it as a "gotcha" to put the remaining licensed gun dealers out of business?

4 posted on 12/02/2007 11:52:27 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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List soars of those called too unstable to buy a gun

Yep. Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, John Murtha.................................................................................

5 posted on 12/02/2007 11:53:55 AM PST by KenHorse (I have the heart of a Liberal. I keep it in a jar on my desk.)
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Okay - let’s think about this for a second.

If these people cannot be trusted with a firearm - then, why are they out walking around? Surely it follows they should not be allowed in public.

Further, they have undoubtedly had their names stricken from voter rolls, yes? For this is a much more dangerous activity.

And, nobody at the DOT is going to let them drive a car, obviously. I’m sure I’ve left quite a few other areas and concerns out, but you get the idea.


6 posted on 12/02/2007 11:54:22 AM PST by Freedom4US
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The question remains “what is the source of the names added to the list?”


7 posted on 12/02/2007 11:55:24 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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What does the Second Amendment say? If these people are mentally crazy why are they on the street? Why not in lock up? And who makes the determination who is mentally ill, is the same people who give drugs to young boys because they are boys?
12 posted on 12/02/2007 12:07:18 PM PST by YOUGOTIT (The Greatest Threat to our Security is the US Senate)
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"...the FBI's Mental Defective File has ballooned from 175,000 names in June to nearly 400,000, primarily additions from California."

Now, why should THAT come as a surprise to anyone???

13 posted on 12/02/2007 12:10:44 PM PST by Redbob
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"...the FBI's Mental Defective File has ballooned from 175,000 names in June to nearly 400,000, primarily additions from California."

Can we check and see if "Stretch" Pelosi and Barbara Box-o-rocks are on that list?

14 posted on 12/02/2007 12:12:06 PM PST by Redbob
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Does this list include all the politicians who certainly qualify in spades?
17 posted on 12/02/2007 12:15:25 PM PST by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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It's only a matter of time before 'gun grabbers' like Rudy or Hillary define as 'unstable' (as defined by government liberals)--ANYONE that owns or desires to own a gun.

I can see it now. The willingness to own or bear arms makes you unstable--BY DEFINITION. /s

21 posted on 12/02/2007 12:25:34 PM PST by stockstrader (We need a conservative who will ENERGIZE the Party, not a liberal who will DEMORALIZE it!)
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Didn’t you tell me Eaker appears on the list about a dozen times? :-)

More seriously though, anything and everything will become a reason to say someone is unstable, including wanting a gun.


24 posted on 12/02/2007 12:32:09 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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LOL! Good picture. That woman, Hillary, looks nuttier than a fruit cake.


29 posted on 12/02/2007 12:39:45 PM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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Every regesitered republican will soon be on that list.


30 posted on 12/02/2007 12:49:22 PM PST by fella (The proper application of the truth far more important than the knowledge of it's existance."Ike")
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If these people are considered too dangerous for society, shouldn’t we put them all in jail?

I mean, what if they get a hold of a kitchen knife, or a large paid of scissors?

There’s also all sorts of explosives you can get pretty easy, so if we really think these people are just too dangerous to be allowed to have access to a gun, maybe we should take away their driver licenses, at least if they are driving large SUVs. We all know how dangerous they can be.

I certainly don’t want any of these people manning the 911 phone system, because if they are so dangerous they could mess up. Or operating any heavy equipment.

No, I think I was right — we should just put them all in prison, for our protection.


31 posted on 12/02/2007 12:57:48 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT (The Swiss Ninja.)
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Since the Virginia Tech shootings last spring, the FBI has more than doubled the number of people nationwide who are prohibited from buying guns because of mental health problems, the Justice Department said Thursday.

This might not be such a bad thing. We could start with one's political orientation....

Republicans Report Having Better Mental Health Than Democrats, Poll Finds
Fox News ^ | December 1, 2007 | Fox News

Posted on 12/01/2007 5:23:06 PM PST by Luke Skyfreeper

Don't worry, be happy: If you're a Republican, those words should be easy to follow. A roundup of Gallup health polls over the past four years finds that Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to report having excellent mental health. The survey found that 58 percent of Republicans polled reported having excellent mental health. Only 38 percent of Democrats and 43 percent of Independents reported the same

36 posted on 12/02/2007 2:08:07 PM PST by Texas Eagle (Could pacifists exist if there weren't people brave enough to go to war for their right to exist?)
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The surge in names underscores the vastness of the gap in FBI records...


Either that or it closes the gap.


49 posted on 12/02/2007 3:27:39 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
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If Mrs Clinton is elected or steels the election, anyone who ever criticized her or claimed she is a murderer will be on so many lists they will find it hard to live.
Backed by the f.b.i.


50 posted on 12/02/2007 3:29:14 PM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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Just a note on grammar: perhaps the number of ineligible people soars or skyrockets, or perhaps the list blossoms or balloons, but no, the list does not soar.

It sounds like some kind of magic carpet document climbing into the sky like a great bird.


51 posted on 12/02/2007 3:31:26 PM PST by Petronski (Reject the liberal troika: romney, giuliani, mccain)
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Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts
Posted on 11/15/2007 3:43:17 AM PST by Kevmo


57 posted on 12/02/2007 11:35:47 PM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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