N.Y. warns laggards: 'The quality of our background check is going to be compromised' [More]Seeing how that has absolutely no effect on limiting access to those who would criminally misuse guns, and seeing how insanity has been defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, why, that's just crazy talk.
Hey, I know how we can make a difference! Let's put a ton of resources into sending a truck with a billboard around the country! That'll show those inclined to homicide what-fer!
And...
[Via Ed M]
I thought the HIPAA medical privacy law prevented giving out such information without a warrant. Well, that little inconvenience seems about to go away, Obamacare or no Obamacare.
ReplyDeleteSure, it'll START with lists of those court-ordered held for observation in a mental health treatment setting. I'm FASCINATED when I see all the commercials for antidepressants, knowing that getting a prescription will very soon be justification for disarming everyone. The unintended consequences could be severely depressed people not seeking help and becoming alcoholics or drug abusers to dull the pain, with predictable results. It'll just help the control freaks with their statistics.
MAIG mayor Dwight Jones of Richmond, Va., is the darling of the hour for wanting an entertainment and cultural arts district. It's within walking distance of the most horrendous violent crime zones in the state. Imagine when the locals learn that the well-heeled and genteel will be flocking within range.
ReplyDeleteLet's all go!
Let's do the math:
ReplyDelete9 states completely non-compliant
+17 states mostly non-compliant
+11 states somewhat but incompletely compliant
=37 states that are not following Federal law,
with "several" states non-compliant because of state privacy laws restricting release of the mental health information.
So, it appears that only 13 states are mostly compliant, a small minority by most definitions.
Federal funds to aid compliance are less than the cost of compliance, so the rational economical choice is non-compliance.
It appears that California and New York are unable to bully the rest of the states into compliance at their own expense. Wah!
Say, shouldn't New York be spending the money on sending agents to say, Arizona, to buy guns illegally...oh wait.
ReplyDeleteNever mind.