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Sanders Statement on Gun Safety Votes (Original Post) Donkees Jun 2016 OP
Thank you, Bernie Sanders. Hiraeth Jun 2016 #1
All these categories except terrorist already ARE already prohibited HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #2
Still feeling the Bern! blackspade Jun 2016 #3
I am, too! Duval Jun 2016 #4

HereSince1628

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2. All these categories except terrorist already ARE already prohibited
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 12:18 PM
Jun 2016

People convicted of terrorists acts would be excluded because of their criminal background.
It's likely that mental illness strikes terrorists at least at the same rate as in the general population, as we might therefore expect that a similar fraction of terrorists have been adjudicated dangers for reasons of mental health as in the general population.

However, I'm not at all sure how you would evaluate someone as a potential terrorist except through their speech and association, requiring once again retreat from liberty to secure some sense, perhaps a false sense, of security.

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