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In reply to the discussion: Adam Lanza was crazy. Nancy Lanza was crazy. [View all]_Liann_
(377 posts)It's very NRA-GOP of you to say we should put this aside and move on to other things.
There are teachable moments. This is one of those.
We need to understand that one of the FEW TOOLS that we have which does not need to pass a logjammed congress to act with, is the mental health order to disarm dangerous people pro-actively before they slaughter a bunch of kids.
The LAWS ALREADY EXIST. We can use them today. Isn't that what the NRA-GOP keeps saying, that we need to enforce the laws that we already have?
People need to understand that the mental health ban on owning firearms is SUPREME COURT APPROVED.
Even the NRA accepts it as law of the nation: for example: David A. Keene is president of the NRA. His son David Michael Keene spent ten years in prison for attempted murder with a gun. Son Keene is also under a court order for life barring him from ever possessing any firearm for the rest of his days. The NRA does not dispute that any judge in the country can bar any person in the country on felon grounds or mental incapacity grounds from ever bearing arms for lie.
We wouldn't even be discussing this if those 20 kids were not killed by a madman with a gun to shine light on how the mental illness factors can ban guns from dangerous people even if congress stays stalemated.
We need a lot more talk. Not less.