[Vision2020] that Jared guy and mental health

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Tom,

At what point do you propose people should lose the right to possess firearms?

Sunil

> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:06:28 -0800
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> To: areaman at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] that Jared guy and mental health
> 
> I see what your sayin', Area Man.
> 
> But, how, in THE HELL was Laughner sold a gun.  The guy has a
> well-publicized history loaded with red flags.
> 
> He was discharged from the service after being diagnosed with "behavioral
> issues".  He has had run-ins with the law.
> 
> Yet, he was sold a gun.  He killed six people and maimed one for life.
> 
> Do you realize that if I were to purchase more than two handguns, my
> purchases would be reported to ATF (and rightfully so).  HOwver, if I were
> to purchase more than one rifle, my purchases are not reported to anybody.
>  Heck, in Idaho rifles are not required to be registered.  I can legally
> purchase ten (or 20 or 30 or 40 or . . . ) AK-47 assault rifles at a gun
> show here in Idaho and my purchases would not have too be reported to
> anybody.  Heck, I wouldn't even have to register any of them.
> 
> Something HAS GOT TO BE DONE!
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, January 28, 2011 7:47 am, Dan Carscallen wrote:
> > Vizzz peeps,
> >
> >
> >
> > We live in a free society.  One of the prices we pay for living here is
> > that
> > there are some loonballs running around who could snap at any minute.
> > Should they be?  Probably not, but who is to say when and how these folks
> > should be rounded up and treated?  Sure, I think all of us can talk about
> > the guy in our neighborhood that seems a little sketchy, but what are we
> > supposed to do?  Call the cops and have them haul him in because he
> > doesn't
> > fit society's norm?  I think there are a lot of folks, right here on the
> > Vizzz even, that don't necessarily follow the "norm".   But we go along
> > and
> > live our lives in our free society.
> >
> >
> >
> > The media talked to this Jared guy's neighbors, and they said "yes, he
> > seemed like a nutjob", but what were they to do?  They watched him, kept
> > their distance, stayed as vigilant as they could.  Unfortunately, he
> > "slipped through the cracks".  Should he have been prevented from buying a
> > pistol?  Maybe, but in a free society, how?  He wasn't a convicted felon,
> > he
> > answered all the questions properly, and he paid his money.  It's not a
> > speedy process, no matter who or where you are.  Even with a concealed
> > weapon permit, and a pre-checked background, it's not quick by any means.
> >
> >
> >
> > This can't be blamed on rhetoric, nor on extremists from either side of
> > the
> > aisle.  The blame lays solely on a sick man who obviously needs help.
> > And,
> > perhaps, the "blame" lays on the freedom we enjoy by being citizens of the
> > United States of America.
> >
> >
> >
> > Your pal
> >
> >
> >
> > DC
> >
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