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NC panel recommends gun permit changes for mentally ill

Submitted by WWAY on Thu, 01/10/2008 - 6:17pm.READ MORE:
RALEIGH (AP) -- State Attorney General Roy Cooper has announced a plan to prevent people from buying handguns if they've been involuntarily committed to a mental hospital. Cooper discussed a report Thursday from a task force he created two days after the fatal shootings at Virginia Tech to look at campus safety at universities in North Carolina. The task force recommends a new law that would require that counties provide information about involuntary commitment orders to the national background check database. The proposed law could prevent people with mental illness from buying guns. Mental health information is provided to the system now but is typically is not revealed unless the person applying for a gun permit signs a waiver. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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guns/ handgun/ riffle

Submitted by Jonathan (not verified) on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 6:04pm.
Who do you people think you are? it is everyones right to bear arms period. Its in the constitusion. there no exclusions...You can argue ,But you cant win its in black and white oh I forgot this americia we do what ever suits us at the time...
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Gun Control for Mentally Ill

Submitted by Guest1976 (not verified) on Fri, 02/15/2008 - 2:07pm.
Ok here is a situation that needs an exception to this rule. A young mother has been beaten several times by her husband. The husband tells the magistrate that she is a danger to herself. He gets the kids she gets committed, and after they divorce she has no means to protect herself. Is that fair?
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It's not about "fair"

Submitted by Commonsensenotc... on Fri, 02/15/2008 - 7:55pm.
It's about mentally ill people not being allowed access to firearms. We say the results at Virginia Tech. We saw the results again yesterday, at Northern Illinois. It turns out that the shooter "had stopped taking his medications and began acting erratically." If a woman is "committed," she cannot be trusted with a firearm. Who knows when she'll trip off-line again? Nuts and guns is a deadly mix.
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Gee....another "gun problem?"

Submitted by Commonsensenotc... on Fri, 01/11/2008 - 9:16am.
Let's see.....we've not been notifying the national database about psychotic whackos being committed in order to protect their privacy, thus enabling them to purchase a firearm when they are released or escape. Um...yeah. I'm sure this to the liberals, this is just more proof of how GUNS are a problem, right? (BTW, if these people are so nutty they have to be locked up, they probably aren't too worried about their privacy.)
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Can a gun really be a killer?

Submitted by Guest 2 (not verified) on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 10:43pm.
A gun is laying there on the table with the safety on and it's not cocked. How long do you think it will take this gun to kill someone? When will it cut its safety off and cock itself? When will it take aim at someone? When will it pull the trigger? My guess would have to be NEVER! BUT when you add a human being to the equation the odds jump exponentially. Why? Because people kill people, not guns. Yes they use guns to kill people, but if all guns were to miraculously disappear, people would still find a way to kill other people, even if they have to use their bare hands. Should we outlaw bare hands too? I choose to keep and bare arms to lower my chance of someone killing or harming my family and myself. How do you spell security?
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Cars

Submitted by Guest1022 (not verified) on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 7:49pm.
Over 50,000 people are killed every year in automobile wrecks. Let's outlaw cars.
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WOW

Submitted by DCNOW (not verified) on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 5:58am.
Another person who thinks that guns are the problem. The problem is that parents dont love their kids enough and they are left to fend for themselves with an XBOX. I know 100's of people with guns and none have them have killed anyone in cold blood. So nice try.
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No

Submitted by guesty on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 9:44pm.
No, common knows that guns are not the problem. It is irresponsible people that are the problem. I'd bet common, like myself, has a canceled carry permit. He was just yanking the liberals chain.
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You have the reading comprehension of a brick

Submitted by Commonsensenotc... on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 6:29pm.
Try re-reading the post in it's entirety. (Hint: The quotes might signify something, eh?)
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