(05-25-2022, 11:21 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(05-25-2022, 10:02 PM)p_rushing Wrote: The problem with firearm laws is they are written by the people you may need to protect yourself from.

I would bet that everyone could agree that mentally ill people shouldn't own guns. The problem becomes who decides that. Doctors who just went along with whatever the government told them to do without questioning it? Government who has shown many times that they don't care and will do whatever they want to keep power?

There isn't a good answer as the people in these positions are not good. If you have a trustworthy person who isn't corruptible then that would be fine but we know that doesn't exist in numbers required.

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I disagree.  Mentally ill people are usually not dangerous. Rather, you need to pinpoint the people who are having violent thoughts or having a crisis, which is what red flag laws try to do.

Also, it's obvious that a disproportionate number of these incidents are men under the age of 21 with no military affiliation.  Raising the age to own a firearm may be an easy policy change to achieve.

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(05-25-2022, 08:31 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Nonsense.

To riff on Bunny, your opinion, or my opinion, on gun policy, is about as relevant to the US as my opinion on how the board should be moderated is to you.