Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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22. Not in the slightest. If the states had accessible records, and an entity could...

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:17 PM

Mar 2013

acquire the cases where someone was adjudicated mentally incompetent (sans name, address & other i.d. factors) and could not acquire a firearm legally, then a research organization with a good objective might be able to compile data from the states. From this, trends and factors in the adjudication might be identified.

This would not be a study to determine compliance with NICS (rather sorry in most cases), but to see what factors are flagged most often. Of course, there is the danger that such a study could be abused; meaning a formulaic set of factors could be standardized whereby an individual would be automatically denied 2A by merely showing up with these characteristics.

A public health benefit could be had: Clearly, most persons who have these characteristic(s) will not be adjudicated mentally incompetent, but therapists could zero in on treatments which would help these people from legally over the edge.

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Police must report psych patients to gun bureau [View all] SecularMotion Mar 2013 OP

If the patients were ruled by a judge gejohnston Mar 2013 #1

By far the most common reason for involuntary psychiatric detentions Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #2

agreed. how do you think, if any, a law should be written and carried out to separate Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #3

As it happens, I'm pretty familiar with the scientific literature Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #4

sounds like the numbers are advocating that there is no need for laws .. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #5

I'm just presenting the statistical realities. Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #6

Actually Australia isn't that great of an example gejohnston Mar 2013 #8

Our murder rates are going down too. Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #10

yes they are gejohnston Mar 2013 #11

I guess you have never heard of revolver speedloaders? MicaelS Mar 2013 #17

but, you just said in post #4 Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #7

It IS low. Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #9

violent comparatively speaking ... not so much ...according to this wiki chart "By subregion" Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #12

Thanks for the link. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #14

yw Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #15

When someone is adjudicated mentally deficient, to the point... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #13

this is not easy to do ... in my understanding ... at this point the person can not be able to write Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #16

It may be of benefit to compile the adjudication findings in all states Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #18

ow. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #19

I meant the findings of everyone who was denied thru NICS for mental incapacity... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #20

I don't even know how to begin searching and compiling that data. do you? Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #21

Not in the slightest. If the states had accessible records, and an entity could... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #22

This law shall be extended to the whole country Aaronquah Mar 2013 #23