If LaPierre wants people to be mentally assessed shouldn't he be the first in line?

[lunatica]

He sounds pretty paranoid to me.

Just saying.

[niyad]

1. do I understand correctly that he wants all mentally ill people on a national registry, but opposes

having gun owners on a similar registry?

[lunatica]

5. He wants everyone owning guns

His solutions is we all need more guns to stop those mentally ill gun owners from shooting everyone.

[Hoyt]

2. I agree. Thought that deranged right wingers like him are walking around with guns is disturbing.

[Cosmocat]

3. I have been using that line already

a couple of my winger acquaintances have used the "need more mental health this or that" and I have said Wayne Lapierre should be first in line ...

A couple were honest enough to admit he looked like a nut, some did the double down nonsense.

[lunatica]

9. Yesterday was the first time I ever saw him talk

And we should wonder all about those who double down too.

[randome]

4. This is so stupid and pointless.

How many mentally ill people hide their illnesses until they snap? By then, it's too late to do anything about it.

These NRA leaders are simply not very smart.

[lunatica]

8. The NRA leaders seem a bit crazy to me

And last time I looked mentally ill people don't hide their illnesses. They have no way of doing so and the 'snapping' thing is a myth. Not when someone has planned their actions meticulously for weeks or months.

[LiberalFighter]

10. I'm wondering how many of the adamant gun right owners

Would end up on the mental disqualification list? It would probably decimate the NRA's membership.

[Rider3]

6. Good point

He seems like a sociopath.

[lastlib]

7. I demand his name be first in the database.

[jody]

11. Agree. Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City, cochairmen of

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and 750 mayors signed a letter to Obama asking for a central database including mental-health data.
http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/12/19/menino/uqtoInFLCWoz2yV1LS7BEK/story.html

[lunatica]

12. kick