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Gun Control & RKBA

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9. If, as "they" say, only deranged people kill people, not guns, then ...

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 12:29 PM

Jan 2023

How about a psychological test for gun buyers?

Could start with a simple question: "Who is President of the United States?"
That would rule out a lot of deranged people right away.

P.S. Here's an article on psychological screening for cops.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cop-doc/201709/pre-employment-psychological-screening-cops

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Why number of US mass shootings has risen sharply [View all] nightwing1240 Jan 2023 OP

Increase in mass shootings Jrose Jan 2023 #2

Hard not to see a correlation of those with the shootings nightwing1240 Jan 2023 #3

Words have consequences Jrose Jan 2023 #4

Mass quantities of readily-available guns have consequences. Paladin Feb 2023 #12

The GOP goal is to create hatred, rage, chaos, violence. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #5

I heard of a recent study of 160 mass shootings that showed AndyS Jan 2023 #8