numberwang said:
None of that is true. The Obama laws gave a prejudiced ban against anyone on social security with any mental problems regardless if it impacted his capability to carry a gun -- unconstitutional, discriminatory and ineffective. The thousands of Americans whose disability benefits are managed by someone else range from young people with depression and financial inexperience to older adults with Down syndrome needing help with a limited budget. But no data — none — show that these individuals have a propensity for violence in general or gun violence in particular. To the contrary, studies show that people with mental disabilities are less likely to commit firearm crimes than to be the victims of violence by others. https://www.aclu.org/blog/disability-rights/gun-control-laws-should-be-fair Katz was not on Social security and was not affected by these regulations. |
Isn't the whole fact that we do not have any studies on gun violence is because the NRA has blocked it for 20 years.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-gun-research-funding-20160614-snap-story.html
There is a light at the end of the Tunnel and it appear that the CDC this year has been granted support to research gun violence
Only problem is that there is no funding in that budget to do anything. Oh well, you have to take your small victories any way possible.
