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In reply to the discussion: Mentally ill people.. [View all]susanr516
(1,425 posts)plus fairly easy access to firearms is a deadly combination. In many recent cases, it seems like everybody realized the shooter had mental health problems. Yet, nothing was done until it was too late.
If the US is unwilling or unable to provide decent mental health care, then I suggest we pass a federal law making the registered gun owner an accomplice to any crime committed with that firearm. Hey, the RW is quick to say each of us needs to have more "personal responsibility." If one chooses to purchase a firearm, s/he should be personally responsible for everything that happens with the gun. Of course, that won't stop someone with mental illness from buying his own guns. Do you make anyone who wants to own guns pass a test or get a license?
There's just no easy solution to the problem.