I agree 100%... unfortunately I have to do whats best financially for my wife and I right now.
Andre
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I agree 100%... unfortunately I have to do whats best financially for my wife and I right now.
Andre
To Jesse, or anyone else: Is there no crusading, muck-raking journalist that can be contacted to Shine the Light of Truth on the offending PD(s)? I mean, if a local PD is violating one State law, what else is going on? The news cycle from the State Drug Lab is winding down.....
It's unbelievable what Everett is doing. Even other law enforcement agencies are shaking their heads in disgust. It is practices like these that take away from the many licensing officers in other departments who do their jobs with courtesy and efficiency.
No offense, bender, but who says that you're always right?
I know of a story, where a psych nurse giving report at shift change said, "Ms. Nutball in room 6 is crazy...she thinks that there's centipedes crawling on the wall."
Another nurse said, "There are centipedes in that room."
It's a slightly humorous anecdote, but if hallucinating creepy-crawlies is cause for beinng locked in a psych ward....then you better make damn sure that there are no centipedes.
Your line about protecting some, by restricting the rights of others, is the grease on the slippery slope. If you add the word "reasonable", you're adding a shove, too.
To Jesse, or anyone else: Is there no crusading, muck-raking journalist that can be contacted to Shine the Light of Truth on the offending PD(s)? I mean, if a local PD is violating one State law, what else is going on? The news cycle from the State Drug Lab is winding down.....
Actually, you are wrong. i did not say that. i said i am protecting MANY by restricting the rights of SOME. I am not "always" correct. But, life is an imperfect science.
i don't 100% disagree. i will say it again, i don't have all the answers. i am looking at things both as how they are and how they could be. i think the perfect system lies some place in the middle. currently, places like Everett are just making a mockery of an already flawed system, so flawed that they are not being held accountable. but, i also think we have to keep guns out of the hands of the nuts and there lies the problem. personal freedoms versus big GOV control. it is a debate that will go on for years, and has.
remember, i am NOT an advocate of the current system and i think 10 mag minimums and the AG's list is simply foolish. there is no logic behind those rules. zero. but, i think there has to be some thought about who actually is handed a gun. i would like to see some nationwide reasonable system that makes sense, is equally fair, and meets some place in the middle of MA and less restrictive states.
there should be no rules on the make/models.
I wonder how states like Arizona and Vermont manage to keep the blood from flowing in the streets, what with all of the "undesirables" (read: people with dark skin) who have access to guns.
you are being extreme in your point. we will never have a system that is completely void of all control. period. i envision the best POSSIBLE system that takes into account everyone's view. remember, just because you 100% feel you are just in your views about freedom to have guns and the right to bear arms does not mean everyone shares your opinion. the "it is in the constitution" argument will never win a debate in this day and age. we are no longer revolutionary America, despite our wishes.
i may not like it either, but the most powerful weapon today is the mind, armed with a pen.
This issue gives me gas and tires me out. Back to watching sponge bob with my 3 yo!
but, i also think we have to keep guns out of the hands of the nuts and there lies the problem
Does mental instability override the fundamental right for self-defense ?
Yes, when mental instability impairs one's judgement. Like serious mental illness, dementia, past brain trauma, age-related conditions, etc.
Yes, when mental instability impairs one's judgement. Like serious mental illness, dementia, past brain trauma, age-related conditions, etc.
you guys need to slow down. in a vacuum, a utopian vision, everyone would have rights. the REALITY is that we, as a society, decide who has rights. i am not making this crap up so don't blame me! if we had no checks and balances, there would be chaos. if you want that then you are making us (me included) sound like gun-crazed nuts. heck, i am still waiting for my LTC!
serious mental illness HAS TO BE DETERMINED. it is that simple. i am not saying i have the answer, in fact, i have said that many times up to this point. but, all i am getting back is the constitution thrown in my face. folks, that is fantasy land. i am just being honest about today's social and political world. it is a complex issue. Throw HIPPA in the mix and the waters get even more muddy.
but, put simply, we have to have some regulatory system in place to protect our families, children, etc.
...and again, i am not siding with MA as it works today
you guys need to slow down. in a vacuum, a utopian vision, everyone would have rights. the REALITY is that we, as a society, decide who has rights. i am not making this crap up so don't blame me! if we had no checks and balances, there would be chaos. if you want that then you are making us (me included) sound like gun-crazed nuts. heck, i am still waiting for my LTC!
serious mental illness HAS TO BE DETERMINED. it is that simple. i am not saying i have the answer, in fact, i have said that many times up to this point. but, all i am getting back is the constitution thrown in my face. folks, that is fantasy land. i am just being honest about today's social and political world. it is a complex issue. Throw HIPPA in the mix and the waters get even more muddy.
but, put simply, we have to have some regulatory system in place to protect our families, children, etc.
...and again, i am not siding with MA as it works today
the REALITY is that we, as a society, decide who has rights.
if we had no checks and balances, there would be chaos.
but, put simply, we have to have some regulatory system in place to protect our families, children, etc.
back up to that spot and start over.
don't talk to me directly like that.
i agree we are BORN with certain rights. but, i was commenting that we, as a society actually decide. i am speaking as to what is REALITY today, not what we think it should be. you are misunderstanding my post.
1. No. You are wrong. We as a society do not decide who has rights.
2. Where's the chaos in Vermont?
3. What your saying is concerning because we know what happens when some unaccountable bureaucrat is given the authority to decide the "rights" of citizens – history shows us this. Look at China for example. Yet they always use public safety as their justification. All of this is nothing but another way the government will seek to use healthcare in an attempt to restrict our rights. This idea that we can accurately predict who will and won’t commit crime before they actually do is completely irrational. By what right can you, me, or anyone deny someone a right based on pure speculation? See the problem here?
Shall I talk to you indirectly? Ok...
Someone tell bender73 that he should go back to Sponge Bob.
I'm not misunderstanding anything.
you are crossing the line and i have not. enough please. i was in a friendly debate.
don't talk to me directly like that.
i agree we are BORN with certain rights. but, i was commenting that we, as a society actually decide. i am speaking as to what is REALITY today, not what we think it should be. you are misunderstanding my post.
So let me better understand your reality before I jump to conclusions. Society is actually God and they get to decide people's rights?
i guess i am not in the right place. i was trying to shed some light on my experience and beliefs about mental competence, etc. i do have a great deal of experience on the matter. feel free to think i am wrong. good day.