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How many people today would be happy if the govt spent money on institutions for people that do inane or insane things? If Obama wanted to put people in institutions because the govt thought that owning an assault rifle was insane, would you mind your tax money being used for that? Who gets to pay for all those mental illness tests? Would the govt administer the tests? Would that be ok? What are all kinds of crazy things that should warrant this action? Used to be, if you saw someone talking to themselves, they were considered nuts, now they’re just using their bluetooth device.

Do you want to discuss the relative merits of allocating police force towards the mentally ill vs legal gun owners, or would you like to discuss issues such as the role of government and taxation? I could take your series of questions above and go off in about 12 different directions, with dissertations on all. Frankly, I don't have the time, and going by your posting history, I suspect it would be pointless anyhow.

But if you'd like to pick a single area to discuss, then I'd be happy to.