The question is who defines a mental health check? And what is going to disqualify a person from owning a gun?
There's already federal gun laws that quantify what it takes to remove 2A rights from a person due to mental health issues. If there's to be any meaningful discussion about expanding that, it has to be specifics - not just "expand the mental health checks" which could mean anything. Want to ban anybody who every suffered from PTSD? Than the should say that. Ban anybody on anti-depressents? Than they need to say that. Then it can be debated.
What "licensees" are you talking about? Federal Firearms LIcensee's? Concealed Carry licensees (in states where you even need a license)?
Or do you think folks need a license to buy a firearm? Outside of places like New Jersey/DC/New York City/Chicago, that just ain't the case.
And to the point directly... every time a firearm is purchased from a dealer the purchaser does pass a mandatory mental health background check. It's called NICS.
I'm afraid the burden of proof is on you to show the results of all your experiments proving climate change is not happening. The overwhelming evidence we have is that *is* occurring - so any disproof of this needs presenting far more than any more corroboration.
Which is how science works, BTW.
So your saying that your position is that before AGW is supposed to have started, there was NO climate change?
The argument is over how "much" AGW is affecting climate change, not whether climate change is occurring. We had about 30 years of very fast warming followed by almost 20 years of much slower, more normal warming. I think there's a lot of room on both sides of the debate to learn, and far too much animosity to enable that to happen.
I've heard this, but I don't understand this. What 18 year old doesn't have a drivers license in the US? Or a simple state ID card? You have to have an ID card to simply apply for jobs or open a bank account or go to a bar (once you hit 21). Same goes for minorities. All states give out non-drivers license ID's for a small fee or for free.
The one group I've heard that I could understand are the elderly that are house bound. But most Voter ID initiatives provide for free ID's for these groups.
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The question is who defines a mental health check? And what is going to disqualify a person from owning a gun? There's already federal gun laws that quantify what it takes to remove 2A rights from a person due to mental health issues. If there's to be any meaningful discussion about expanding that, it has to be specifics - not just "expand the mental health checks" which could mean anything. Want to ban anybody who every suffered from PTSD? Than the should say that. Ban anybody on anti-depressents? Than they need to say that. Then it can be debated.
What "licensees" are you talking about? Federal Firearms LIcensee's? Concealed Carry licensees (in states where you even need a license)? Or do you think folks need a license to buy a firearm? Outside of places like New Jersey/DC/New York City/Chicago, that just ain't the case. And to the point directly... every time a firearm is purchased from a dealer the purchaser does pass a mandatory mental health background check. It's called NICS.
I'm afraid the burden of proof is on you to show the results of all your experiments proving climate change is not happening. The overwhelming evidence we have is that *is* occurring - so any disproof of this needs presenting far more than any more corroboration.
Which is how science works, BTW.
So your saying that your position is that before AGW is supposed to have started, there was NO climate change? The argument is over how "much" AGW is affecting climate change, not whether climate change is occurring. We had about 30 years of very fast warming followed by almost 20 years of much slower, more normal warming. I think there's a lot of room on both sides of the debate to learn, and far too much animosity to enable that to happen.
I've heard this, but I don't understand this. What 18 year old doesn't have a drivers license in the US? Or a simple state ID card? You have to have an ID card to simply apply for jobs or open a bank account or go to a bar (once you hit 21). Same goes for minorities. All states give out non-drivers license ID's for a small fee or for free. The one group I've heard that I could understand are the elderly that are house bound. But most Voter ID initiatives provide for free ID's for these groups.