Ramifications Of The Veterans Disarmament Act

Why is this being called the Veterens Disarmament Act? It seems to apply equally to non-veterans. The author seems to be concerned that while it doesn't seem to apply to Alzheimers now it might be extended to them in the future. Do anybody really support this group having firearms? I don't. Both my mother and aunt who are in their 90's have moderate to severe Alzheimers. I wouldn't want them to have a gun nor would I want any of the patients in their nursing facility to have one.

The author say that this is a "Democratic" bill and then lists 3 Dem. and 3 Repub. that sponsor it. Sounds pretty bi-partisan to me. Wouldn't a law like this have prevented the Va. Tech. murders?

I suppose the bottom line is whether someone with a serious psychiatric disorder should possess firearms or am I misunderstanding this bill.

 

I can get no information out of the site noted
in the OP. All I get is a strong feeling that
Gun Owners of America


should hire some literate spokespersons :type:

Ed's short 'guns' comments.

In 1973 cancer came to my Mother's house.
My Dad died in 1975. My dad was an active
policeman. He caught his lung cancer early.
However, the source, somewhere in the scar
tissues of the left side of his chest (where most
of us have a left lung, but he had nothing --
the left side of his whole body was damaged
by the exploded bone fragments of the Sargent who died
next to him in a Germany by an artillery shell).
While arms can hurt you, a hand gun can't blow
a cancer away. Yes, my Dad was a member of some
Gun organizations, but he died of cancer none the less.

In 1999 cancer came to my house. I had handguns and
know how to use them and even decided the Christian thing
to do would be to blow away anybody in my house
bent on harming my family with a handgun. I'd pray
for their soul after I blow them away.
A hand gun can't blow a cancer away. The last month
of 1999 my first wife died of Liver Cancer.

I still keep hand guns around my house.
I still plan to blow away those who I need to blow away.
But if cancer comes, it will do no good.

 

Thank you for your research trying to convince me of something.
I am convinced that I was 112% correct.
I can recognize low-performance pseudo-propaganda.;
I may be an old geezer but i am yet to be a stupid geezer.

 

//Can't get no information huh?//

You totally misunderstood me.
There was no information at that site to recover.
There was a lot of stuff there alright, but not
of it would pass the written portion of 8th Grade English.


Count me as one who is ready to levy distain
toward gun organizations, especially ones who
pay somebody to write such drivil.

BTW, people who think they need to go shoot me
should realize I SHOOT FIRST!
(I'll pray for you later)
If you are part of a known police or investagative
organizaion, come with identification I can see from
my house. That stuff with acronyms I'm not familiar
with on the back of the uniform can get you killed
around my house.

 

I think that the fact that legislation was slipped in in the manner it was detracts from any practical value the bill might have had.

 

This is being called the Veterens Disarmament Bill by the 2nd amendment groups because of the high rates of ptsd (post traumatic stress disorder) among veterans. Being diagnosed with this would disqualify you from gun ownership under this bill, but so could something as simple as ADHD or depresion. 140,000 veterans have been diagnosed with PTSD. These veterans could loose their 2nd amendment rights under this bill. The long term affect could be even more dramatic as veterans could become afraid to seek treatment for PTSD because they are afraid of loosing their guns.

As far as the VA Tech shooting. No this law would not have prevented it. It was already against several laws for that student to have the weapons he did and have them on campus. Why would we think one more law would have helped. The only thing that could have prevented the Va Tech shooting would have been the abolishment of the unconstitutional 'gun free' zones like cover the school. Then the shooter would have probably never tried what he did, but even if he had, a gun carrying student or staff member could have ended it quickly. The solution is not fewer guns but more guns in the right hands.

Real gun control means hitting what you shoot at.

 

Right on brother. :thumbsup: