Quote:If California bans assault rifles, and they used assault rifles, they didn't get those assault rifles in California, did they?  (At least not legally)


Yes, certain groups of people shouldn't be allowed to get guns.  Including:  Mentally Ill, people with criminal records, and people who don't know how to properly handle and store guns.


Maybe it wouldn't have prevented the tragedy in San Bernadino.  Nothing is going to 100% work.  The idea is to make changes to prevent more of these tragedies from happening.  They're happening at too frequent of a rate.  Maybe you don't think we should do anything to prevent them.  I do.

 

The mentally ill and persons with criminal records are already barred from owning guns. It also shows up in background checks. It appears that most people who end up in these shooting messes aren't criminals, or if they are have illegal weapons, but rather crazies who aren't diagnosed as crazy until after the fact. Like Bernie Sanders says, we have to address the mentally ill individuals in this country more effectively. Unfortunately, what constitutes mentally ill can be very subjective. If left for the government to decide, they could brand the deeply religious or conservative as mentally ill (which I am sure a lot of people on this board would appreciate).

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