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Eleanors38

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5. Seems like a 5 yr. back search is a better way to go,

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:35 PM

Mar 2013

currently, I know of no laws which deny a gun purchase due solely to voluntary mental health care, probably because such a law runs right over the Fifth Amendment.

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Gee, I can't see anything bad ever coming from this. At all. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 OP

Looks like checking records of any INVOLUNTARY treatment Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #1

If we were talking about the right to vote, sure. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #2

Seems like a 5 yr. back search is a better way to go, Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #5

This would be the part I would support. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #12

There is the problem with stigmatization. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #3

It's not a list being freely disseminated to the general public. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #4

Hey, Bob, let's go dove hunting... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #6

I'm glad I waited to see how this thread went. Good point. randome Mar 2013 #8

Thanks. Upstream, the more salient point was implied: Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #9

Especially since as you posted above, getting listed could cost you more than your guns. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #11

Touche! n/t backscatter712 Mar 2013 #10

Nope. Not at all. Seems like a good idea. talkingmime Mar 2013 #7