Posted on 05/28/2014 9:48:11 AM PDT by raptor22
Guns: The Santa Barbara shooter had legally purchased and registered firearms, and passed prior questioning by the police who saw no danger to himself or others. More gun laws won't stop the next such shooter, either.
It is eerie how the mental health of the shooter consistently seems to emerge as a key factor in mass shootings such as the rampage by Elliot Rodger, who killed six and wounded 13 on Friday. The shooter had been in therapy since age 8 and police had been warned by his parents to check him out.
Yet few liberals cry for tougher mental health laws compared with demands for tougher gun control. It would surprise these liberals that "right-wing bitter clingers" and even the NRA agree that some people shouldn't have access to guns — people such as Elliot Rodger.
The question is how to realistically and constitutionally do it. Instead of answering that question, we hear cries for "tougher" laws. But tougher than what?
Last December the Los Angeles Times noted in a report that California had the strictest gun control laws in the country and had received an A- grade in a state-by-state analysis by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
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I'll bet he hade been given psychoactive drugs since age eight.
“The one lesson that intelligent people draw from this is that the government CANNOT protect you.”
But they don’t want to admit that, so they change the theme to “it’s society’s fault. We are all to blame.” bullshit!
That’s just proof that California needs even more restrictive gun laws, and, by the way, even more taxation.
Im sure if had applied for a medical cannibis card,, they would have been all over the weapons,,, yup
because pot make you crazy !!!
The kid was a video gamer also...add them to the list.
The first three people he killed were his roommates, and he used a knife to kill them.
But, we don't hear anyone calling for stricter controls on knives.
There is much truth in what you say.
He killed as many with a knife as with a gun. Killers will kill...particularly the insane, whom the Liberals foist upon society.
The 4473 asks nothing of mental treatment. With respect to mental deficiencies, the 4473 specifically asks whether or not the person was adjudicated as mentally deficient (via the court system), or was committed to a mental institution. Neither of which appear to be the case here.
Right, I looked up a 4473.
However, we had a woman denied a pistol purchase (already a gun owner) because she went for counseling after a divorce.
So, I think they could have ‘pushed on him’ a little.
Or called the DOJ to look at his purchases.
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