I am
becoming more-and-more disturbed about the far too
many politicians, news commentators/reporters, those opposed to the
fullest exercise of Second Amendment rights and others of that ilk who
loosely substitute the terms
"mentally ill" OR "emotionally disturbed", for the more
accurate term "dangerous mentally ill" as to those who should not be allowed to obtain firearms.
It
is fit-and-proper and legally/constitutionally-sound that someone
should be declared "Dangerously Mentally Ill" only after a fact-based
and contested hearing before a judge-and-jury, in accordance with our
1000 year old system of laws and our Constitution. Why? Because to tag any citizen as being "dangerously mentally ill" takes from such citizens as many
civil and political rights as a conviction of a felony---And, deserves the same legal protections.
At this time there are too many government units (eg -- The FBI) who will accept the unverified and non-judicial comments of some (Anonymous?) Psychologist/Psychiatrist/Other-persons as sufficient "Proof" to deprive citizens of a basic civil right. Even super-sane me (If, and only
if, you accept my self-diagnosis) once consulted a psychologist, with
my wife, to iron out some marital problems---Which smoothing did occur.
.
Should I or some child with home/school problems who sees a school psychologist or
some active-duty member of the Armed Forces/Veteran for whom
war/other-problems has resulted in s/he seeking counseling, and other
like and law-abiding citizens be deprived of a basic civil right without
"due process of law"? [I believe we have another, of too many Federal Laws which provides for both criminal and civil
prosecution for "Deprivation of Civil Rights Under Color Of Law" which
should deal with and punish those who would do so to those who are not dangerously mentally ill.
the FBI has reportedly placed entire groups of innocent military veterans on the "no buy" list and that without "due process of law".
I
suspect that
only a very small percentage of those with "emotional problems" are
dangerous. This is probably a small/smaller portion that of semi-automatic
rifles with 10+ round magazines used in unlawful shootings.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Mentally Ill Vs. Dangerously So & Guns
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