He and Loughner are both examples of so-called lawful gun owners who are really hidden criminals. They both enjoyed Arizona-style gun laws, things like permit-less concealed carry. They both had no problem owning and using guns legally in spite of being mentally ill.J.T. Ready had 13 encounters with Gilbert police since 2008, and corresponding police reports depict an armed vigilante with a short temper, racially charged motives and a history of domestic-violence accusations.
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You must really believe that a law would have kept Ready from getting guns. This is someone who didn't demonstrate a great deal of respect for what was legal and illegal. Do you imagine that he'd have accepted a refusal to allow him to buy a gun legally? Besides which, what mental illness specifically did he have?
ReplyDeleteWhat's your solution, to let everyone have guns no matter how unfit?
DeleteHe might have been disqualified on mental grounds, but probably he should have been for his many run-in with the law. We need to raise the bar not lower it.
I'm saying that you won't be able to keep guns out of the hands of bad guys. Your proposals will only hurt good gun owners. I'd support a move to increase penalties for using a gun in the commission of a crime. That would help.
DeleteMaybe we should just ban guns from all registered Democrats. That would have stopped him.
ReplyDeleteYou're the ones who keep telling us gun owners are not divided along party lines. Well, neither are gun nuts. He was one of you.
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