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LongTomH

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33. I'm getting motion sickness from that animation of Anne Coulter

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 02:54 PM

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So, the NRA wants a database of "mentally ill people." [View all] MineralMan Dec 2012 OP

Did they say what they think should be DONE with this database? arcane1 Dec 2012 #1

Well, you know, so they couldn't get firearms. MineralMan Dec 2012 #8

And their poster boy SoCalNative Dec 2012 #29

A database of mentally ill people? Why don't they just Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2012 #5

+10,000 smirkymonkey Dec 2012 #23

And the House GOP. nt alsame Dec 2012 #28

Will they start by turning over their membership list? sinkingfeeling Dec 2012 #3

GMTA Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #11

Mental illness isn't the problem. Guns are the problem. bowens43 Dec 2012 #4

How do you begin to even define "mentally ill" get the red out Dec 2012 #6

The suggestion is so preposterous that you lend it Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #13

Honestly, in a digital age it would probably work something like this... HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #22

It would further marginalize people who need to come out and seek help! LongTomH Dec 2012 #35

How about a database of all weapons and where they are stored? liberal N proud Dec 2012 #7

They need only look as far as their membership rolls. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #9

Hmmm.... UncleYoder Dec 2012 #10

how very third reich of them dembotoz Dec 2012 #17

We should start with a database of "gun hoarders" mainer Dec 2012 #12

Wierd thing is they want actuarial risk applied to them but not HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #14

Also, if ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #15

I'd agree with you if it was a realistic solution. Glassunion Dec 2012 #25

Yep JanMichael Dec 2012 #16

A database? Why not just force those mentally ill people to wear some kind of symbol? yewberry Dec 2012 #18

Been seriously suggested by a DUer subsequently ppr'd HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #20

They could start with anyone who appears regularly on Faux Noise. lpbk2713 Dec 2012 #19

I'm getting motion sickness from that animation of Anne Coulter LongTomH Dec 2012 #33

750 mayors asked Obama to include mental-health records in NICS. See jody Dec 2012 #21

What's the problem? Glassunion Dec 2012 #24

Agree with many posts to this thread. Sill govt. lists are just that, lists maintained by the govt. jody Dec 2012 #26

As I said here the other day & was attacked for it, "Oversimplification leads to 'gas ovens'". nt patrice Dec 2012 #27

Good idea.. Vietnameravet Dec 2012 #30

Does their roster not cover that? (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #31

they can start with their 4 million members. spanone Dec 2012 #32

Imagine a mentally ill person being told they can't do or have something because they're 'on a list' ck4829 Dec 2012 #34

Imagine, those things are like...admission to professional training, jobs, home loans HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #36

I've read several posts on DU by those who acknowledge receiving some type of mental-health jody Dec 2012 #37