California gun confiscation program

[aray]

FYI: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/california-seizes-guns-as-owners-lose-right-to-bear-arms.html?cmpid=yhoo

Interesting case. How do you separate out the true nut wack-a-doodles from those with transient and non-dangerous mental problems. For instance should someone who has an eating disorder be barred from firearms? Or someone who just lost a spouse and is undergoing temporary depression? Yet at the same time you want to peel off the flakes who are dangerous.

At any rate, California's broad law seems to make no such distinction: you get institutionalized, everyone in the household loses their guns.

[knkali]

FYI: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/california-seizes-guns-as-owners-lose-right-to-bear-arms.html?cmpid=yhoo

Interesting case. How do you separate out the true nut wack-a-doodles from those with transient and non-dangerous mental problems. For instance should someone who has an eating disorder be barred from firearms? Or someone who just lost a spouse and is undergoing temporary depression? Yet at the same time you want to peel off the flakes who are dangerous.

At any rate, California's broad law seems to make no such distinction: you get institutionalized, everyone in the household loses their guns.

Notice a trend here. Everything is either black or white when it comes to legistlation regarding gun stuff. This kind of legistlation will hurt people more than help them. Not all people with mental strife turn into mass murderers, nor are they coveting other peoples guns.. This kind of all or nothing legistlation will cause people with rather mundane issues to not seek care and potentially get worse. The law is over reaching and needs to be challenged in court.