[Vision2020] that Jared guy and mental health

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Well then, I don't know what you're trying to say. You seem to be connecting mental health with gun ownership, which I think is reasonable. 

But you're also saying you don't think people should lose the right to possess firearms.

But then you do hold a major grudge against ownership of automatic and semi-automatic firearms.

>From what you've written, I don't know where you come down in the end. I too am against the irresponsible use of firearms. How do we make that happen? 

I think some people should not have the legal right to own firearms. I don't have a problem with the law saying certain felons should not have them, though I want people to have the ability to come back to court and demonstrate they've earned the right again. I think it's reasonable to say that people who are diagnosed with mental illnesses can lose the right to own firearms. So I don't think the right is absolute.

So that's where I am. I didn't ask the question to make you angry, though your use of capitals at the end of your reply suggests I failed.

Sunil

> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:01:02 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] that Jared guy and mental health
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> 
> Sunil inquired:
> 
> "At what point do you propose people should lose the right to possess
> firearms?"
> 
> NEVER, Sunil.
> 
> I never have, and never will, even suggested/implied/mumbled that people
> should be denied their second amendment rights to possess firearms
> (although I do hold a major grudge against ownership of automatic and
> semi-alutomatic firearms).  However, I do support RESPONSIBLE
> possession/use of firearms.  I don't know how many times i have
> suggested/encourage/demanded responsible possession/use of firearms.
> 
> In this particular instance (Laughner), responsible use of firearms goes
> hand-in-hand with mental health.
> 
> With the proliferation of public access to semi-automatic (in some cases .
> . . automatic) weapons, coupled with the reduction of health and welfare
> funding (which includes mental health care) in the state of Idaho, the
> question is no longer "if" there will be another Laughner, but "when".
> 
> I, myself, own a couple shotguns; a Benelli 12-guage pump shotgun, as well
> as a Savage 410/.22 over-under single shot that my grandfather gave to me
> as a kid (this gun is ancient).
> 
> So, you see, Sunil.  I am NOT against ownership of weapons, just the
> irresponsible possession/use and/or ownership of sutomatic/semi-automatic
> weapons.
> 
> OK?
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> Sidebar, V-peeps:  Does anybody know of a good/reliable gunsmith that can
> help me out?
> 
> The Savage 410/.22 has a broken retaining spring that secures the handgrip
> to the barrel and upper receiver group.
> 
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Rifle.htm
> 
> The retaining spring was broken (and lost) about 30 years ago.
> 
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