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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNRA's proposed mental illness database is a bad idea. A friend wrote this article
and asked his friends to pass it on. Andrew helped revitalize our local Democratic party back in 2004. Smart dude.
http://andrewdgrossman.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/101/
The National Rifle Associations proposal to establish a national list of persons with mental disorders is overbroad, and would result in government monitoring of a large portion of the US population.
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)alfredo
(60,074 posts)Initech
(100,079 posts)That's what scares the crap out of me about this idea... and yes, fuck the NRA.
alfredo
(60,074 posts)Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)alfredo
(60,074 posts)NRA exploits that.
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)A mental illness database is just an attempt to impose discrimination and scapegoat those with psychiatric diagnosis to protect the murders and criminals that provide so much profit to the NRA. The NRA is the closest thing to pure evil on the planet.
alfredo
(60,074 posts)highplainsdem
(48,993 posts)alfredo
(60,074 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)if a mental health professional thinks you are danger to yourself or others, they can put your name in the system, preventing you from possessing or buying guns.
alfredo
(60,074 posts)cliffordu
(30,994 posts)Right on the forearm is what I'm thinking....
alfredo
(60,074 posts)served in the military. Might as well get my tattoo.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)Mine will be the serial number from my M-14..... It's my password almost everywhere, anyway.