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PeaceNikki

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42. read above. A tool for mental health professionals and LEO

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 04:06 PM

Dec 2012

Domestic violence, disgruntled employees, etc.

West Vancouver police Chief: "We get calls from mental-health providers saying 'We're concerned about a particular individual.' We'll do that check and go and seize (their firearms) so they don't harm themselves or someone else."

Psychiatrist Barbara Kane: “I think we've probably prevented some major events,” says Dr. Barbara Kane, a psychiatrist in Prince George, B.C. The RCMP has called Kane asking whether she is concerned about certain individuals applying to register a gun. She believes such a call prevented tragedy after a millworker was fired. “He could easily have gone into one of the mills and done something bad,” she says. “But we were able to get his guns away from him.”

http://themaplethree.blogspot.com/2010/09/some-anti-gun-registry-arguments-and.html

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Question [View all] Whovian Dec 2012 OP

In 1989 Rebecca Shaeffer was murdered by a stalker who got her address from the California DMV slackmaster Dec 2012 #1

Was she a weapon owner? Whovian Dec 2012 #3

It doesn't matter whether she was or not. Her address was public information at the time. slackmaster Dec 2012 #6

If you have a phone book, 99 percent of our addresses Whovian Dec 2012 #8

People have the CHOICE to not have their addresses published in phone books. Mine is not. slackmaster Dec 2012 #14

Dark place my ass. Whovian Dec 2012 #20

Here are some facts to shed a little light on your baseless bogus statistic slackmaster Dec 2012 #25

Okay, lets make it simpler for simple minds, Whovian Dec 2012 #48

Yes, but they don't know that it's me who lives there slackmaster Dec 2012 #51

My, delicate flower nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #17

The "proud" ones don't mind Recursion Dec 2012 #2

I thought the gun nuts would LOVE the idea. Won't that deter 'bad dudes' from taking YOUR shit? PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #4

Care to explain your "logic"? nt hack89 Dec 2012 #7

It's based on the gun nuts' 'logic' that gun-free zones = criminal haven. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #10

Thieves would simply wait until the owners are gone hack89 Dec 2012 #12

I know, there's always an argument against regulation/public record. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #15

You know that by law criminals cannot be held accountable for failing to register their guns? hack89 Dec 2012 #21

"Of the 142 guns possessed by the killers, more than three quarters were obtained legally. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #24

And how would registration stop such killings? hack89 Dec 2012 #26

I don't claim it would. But I think guns and the owners should be registered. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #27

So while they would not actually make anyone safer hack89 Dec 2012 #29

They're registered in Canada and LEO's accesses those records 14,000 times per DAY. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #34

Auditor General appears to disagree with you hack89 Dec 2012 #39

Keep reading your own link.... PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #40

Cops are authoritarian by nature. hack89 Dec 2012 #41

Registration would NOT infringe on your fucking 'civil liberty', dude. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #43

It will never happen at the federal level so I am not really that concerned hack89 Dec 2012 #46

What specific purpose would registration serve? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #37

read above. A tool for mental health professionals and LEO PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #42

Thank you! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #44

I know that a lot of the focus is on the mass shootings recently, but gun violence is a lot more PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #47

Agreed...and that focus has frustrated me. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #52

We've all been there, especially when discussing issues about which we're passionate. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #53

Why would that matter?? Don't responsible gun owners lock their weapons up when they leave madinmaryland Dec 2012 #31

If it brings criminals to the house hack89 Dec 2012 #33

Yes, responsible gun owners do just that. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #35

Since we keep hearing how criminals steal all their guns hack89 Dec 2012 #5

I give up, tell us the answer. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #9

If one depends on logic Whovian Dec 2012 #11

I think the fault in logic is yours. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #18

Why would you want to publish a shopping list for gun thieves? hack89 Dec 2012 #13

Didn't you know? Whovian Dec 2012 #16

And you agree with them or do you believe that guns are frequently stolen? hack89 Dec 2012 #19

Now that you've completely abandoned any pretense at actual rational discussion... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #30

If everyone is so proud that they voted for "insert name here" .... Lurker Deluxe Dec 2012 #22

It is the fear of the government getting a copy of said list, benld74 Dec 2012 #23

what happened to responsibility chuckrocks Dec 2012 #28

I certainly consider it to be. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #32

well I guess we'll find out soon... chuckrocks Dec 2012 #36

Possibly so. Glad I don't live there. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #38

doing this is simply oddoneout Dec 2012 #45

1+++ patrice Dec 2012 #50

Public v. Private is the focus of the question. Your guns your home, that's your business, NOT ours. patrice Dec 2012 #49