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March 21, 2013, 07:55 PM | #76 | |
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March 21, 2013, 08:13 PM | #77 |
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Last I heard, it was going to come up for a vote, but only as an amendment to the main bill.
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March 21, 2013, 09:28 PM | #78 |
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It seems to me they will fore go the AWB so they can get Universal back ground checks that will be no less than national registration with records kept on every gun sale so they know who has what when they are setup for confiscation.
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March 21, 2013, 11:35 PM | #79 |
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Reid has announced the formal Bill will include expanded background checks (Schumer’s Bill, but maybe Manchin’s), school safety and gun trafficking. The AWB, magazine capacity restrictions and mental health will be handled as amendments.
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP98d6...9ffdbb22c.html
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March 22, 2013, 07:39 AM | #80 |
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While we have not given it much attention, I think it is unfortunate that an issue as obvious as mental health is also excluded from the core bill because consensus could apparently not be achieved about how it should be addressed.
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March 22, 2013, 10:40 AM | #81 |
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A friend of mine had a seizure & blacked out. The Dr. put him on some special med's & for safety, invalidated his drivers license for 6 mo.
You can see the comparison I'm making here. Suppose your Dr. prescribed an anti-depressant or other mood drug. Perfect excuse to confiscate your guns & then the burden to prove your ok again is on you. Good luck with that... Sad days in America... Last edited by BumbleBug; March 22, 2013 at 12:08 PM. |
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We can push for better reporting from the states to the NICS database without wanting everyone who's ever been prescribed Xanax to lose their gun rights. |
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March 22, 2013, 01:35 PM | #83 | |
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S.480 by Senator Graham actually corrects the law so that the high standard you mentioned applies across all of the United States. |
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March 22, 2013, 09:25 PM | #84 |
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We can push for better reporting from the states to the NICS database without wanting everyone who's ever been prescribed Xanax to lose their gun rights.
Isn't that a violation of the existing HIPA rules? |
March 22, 2013, 09:54 PM | #85 |
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There are exceptions in HIPAA for reporting things like involuntary commitment, or being adjudged mentally defective. Disclosure on the part of the states is voluntary, not mandatory, and many states update very few records (in some cases, none at all).
Here's an article about the subject, with links to the individual states' laws. |
March 22, 2013, 10:09 PM | #86 |
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Yeah the records totals in NICS are terrifyingly low. Of course the carrot and stick are relatively laughable as well. Barely more than if the state participates the feds pay them back the cost of participating, and if they don't incur the cost by participating, the fed will not reimuburse their zero cost. It's a LITTLE more than that, but not much. If the feds came out and said any TSA funding, FBI lab work, and DHS material grants require a minimum participation thresh hold we'd see a lot more cooperation from the states. No TSA means no airports.
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March 23, 2013, 05:24 PM | #87 |
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The last midterm election the good common sense of the american people rose up and placed a giant pipe wrench in the agenda of our current President. But the question is, do any of you understand, there will be no AWB coming from this congress?
It makes no difference what the Senate does on this issue. I personally hope they vote on it. |
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