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To: Alighieri who wrote (697183)	2/4/2013 12:50:38 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578270

>> Maybe...but someone who commits any crime gives up some constitutionally protected rights...why not this one? It just isn't my opinion that they should. I certainly don't think ANY felon should lose the right to vote. Ever, even while in prison. And while I support the idea that a person convicted of using a weapon against other persons can reasonably be deprived of legal possession of weapons in the future, those who have shown no propensity to abuse weapons should not be deprived of that basic right imo. >> But again, these are largely outliers. No, they're not. 11% of the public uses antidepressants. If the government regulators choose to make that grounds for banning possession of firearms, that's 11% any way you cut it. And it isn't outside the realm of possibility. Then, you've banned felon ownership. You have banned people with mental illness. Perhaps those with simple anxiety disorders and bipolar disorder. Pretty soon, you've managed to deprive a quarter or more of people their fundamental rights under out Constitution. And as with the drug war, it is total misdirection which exacerbates, not helps, the problem. It just comes down to whether you believe the government can solve problems. As a general rule, they make them worse. One can point to hundreds, or thousands, of government "solutions" that were worse than the problem to begin with. Do we really need one more? >> You can still buy a gun...you simply have to undergo a background check. Someone is going be denied gun ownership -- at least LEGAL gun ownership -- because they failed the background check. Depending on what unelected government regulators choose to do that may be a few or it may be many. And that's the problem.