The governor has closed a loophole in state law that allowed the Virginia Tech gunman to pass a weapons background check despite having mental health issues.Comment poster TJH made a very interesting observation in a previous post:
Find someone who is a member of Pink Pistols, and supports health record data mining as part of the background check. Then ask him to name something that what was classified as mental illness up until 1973.And as we've seen time and again, there's no shortage of citizen disarmament advocates promoting the concept that gun ownership itself is a "mental health issue," leading to fantasies and paranoia, increased suicides, increased homicides...
Why do you think they call us "gun nuts"?
While we're on this subject, make sure you weigh in on this week's poll over in the left margin. It doesn't matter which answer you pick--the very fact that you're here is enough to make you certifiable (in some minds)...Perhaps the question should have been: Even if they pass a bill and put Nurse Ratched in charge of gun purchase approvals, do you think it will make a damn bit of difference in terms of stopping future shootings?
[Via 1894C]
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Regarding "increased homicides": that study was sponsored by the Joyce Foundation, whose president, Ellen Alberding, urges "efforts to reduce gun violence". Such as? Rallying against "manufacturers market[ing] ammunition that can pierce police vests", and designing guns so that "you can tell if they're loaded", for starters. She also praises Mayors Against Illegal Guns. 'Nuf said.
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