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In reply to the discussion: I have a brother with schizophrenia and I am sick of the bigotry against the mentally ill [View all]thucythucy
(8,050 posts)their constitutional right to own however many weapons and all the ammo they want, without restriction, and are absolutely opposed to "infringing" on the "rights" of "law abiding gun owners" in any way shape or form, have NO problem talking about locking people up pre-emptively, without charge or trial, indefinitely, on the word of a doctor, family member, or cop.
It's part of the same pattern: all rights pale beside the right to own guns guns guns. The right to walk down the street, go to a movie, attend a town hall meeting with your Congresswoman, or simply BE a person of color walking at night or BE a woman attending college, these all apparently fade to insignificance beside the sacred right to own guns.
End of rant, except to say I find the five proposals in your post totally reasonable.