It's not the same reason - sm

Posted: Oct 3rd, 2017 - 6:54 pm In Reply to: The same reason - we deny

We deny blind people the right to drive because NO blind person can safely operate a motor vehicle.

You can't say the same about mental illness.

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Nothing changes unless we change it - Sm (Views: 1171, 2017-10-02, 10:50 pm)
- One question - sm (Views: 645, 2017-10-03, 12:11 am)
- Well said. - nm (Views: 303, 2017-10-03, 1:58 am)
- It's human nature that needs to change. People still - use knifes, glass, bombs (Views: 405, 2017-10-03, 5:32 am)
  - Correct, can use fertilizer and suicide bombs. - It's evil people. (Views: 371, 2017-10-03, 8:29 am)
  - Chemical weapons too. The left as expected is - politicizing this event to push (Views: 362, 2017-10-03, 9:02 am)
  - Note how Pubs/NRA always turn to semantics and hyperbole? - sm (Views: 429, 2017-10-03, 9:24 am)
- The argument "Can't do anything because gun was legal." - Repeal and Replace (Views: 446, 2017-10-03, 7:54 am)
  - That's a slippery slope. If the Bill of Rights is changed, then - which one is next? First amendment? (Views: 348, 2017-10-03, 8:42 am)
    - Yes, this is not about guns. You don't reduce traffice deaths by - outlawing so called "dangerous" (Views: 450, 2017-10-03, 11:05 am)
      - Certain vehicles are outlawed on streets and people are medically denied licenses - Answer this (Views: 454, 2017-10-03, 12:13 pm)
        Driving is a privilege, not a right. The Constitution makes - gun ownership a right. sm (Views: 460, 2017-10-03, 12:58 pm)
        Truthhurts says automatic weapons are outlawed - that's okay? (Views: 416, 2017-10-03, 1:29 pm)
        Yes. All of your protections allow a "nutcase" to buy 40+ weapons - and try to kill sm (Views: 355, 2017-10-03, 1:56 pm)
        What do you mean I said "automatic weapons were outlawed -- that's okay?" - Truthhurts (Views: 347, 2017-10-03, 2:01 pm)
        Quote about 4 posts down "automatic weapons were outlawed years ago" - (slightly edited) sm (Views: 446, 2017-10-03, 2:10 pm)
        The British tried to disarm citizens before the Revolutionary War. - That's why the gun is #2, it's (Views: 408, 2017-10-04, 8:39 am)
        If he had used a twin engine plane loaded with fuel - and maybe other explosives, (Views: 292, 2017-10-04, 4:18 am)
        The comments here just prove that the Cconstitution isn't - taught anymore. It LIMITS (Views: 343, 2017-10-04, 4:11 am)
        Are gun shops now supposed to be psychiatrists? - Truthhurts (Views: 395, 2017-10-03, 1:50 pm)
        What is so difficult about requiring mental health exam? - Physical exams and drug testing (Views: 357, 2017-10-03, 2:19 pm)
        Problems with your reasoning - sm (Views: 359, 2017-10-03, 3:46 pm)
        Problems with your - comparisons! (Views: 372, 2017-10-03, 4:06 pm)
        True. They're not lethal - but they are rights sm (Views: 409, 2017-10-03, 7:03 pm)
        That's discrimination! - sm (Views: 370, 2017-10-03, 4:11 pm)
        The same reason - we deny (Views: 387, 2017-10-03, 4:34 pm)
        It's not the same reason - sm
        Excellent suggestion - Patriotic Republican (Views: 364, 2017-10-03, 5:15 pm)
      - This is not about guns. Something is wrong in our society, - the whole world really. (Views: 325, 2017-10-04, 4:59 am)
  - What right to healthcare? That's not in the - constitution. (Views: 358, 2017-10-03, 9:01 am)
    - Are automatic/semi-automatic muskets in the constitution? - nm (Views: 313, 2017-10-03, 9:15 am)
      - Automatic guns were outlawed years ago during - Truthhurts (Views: 1469, 2017-10-03, 10:43 am)
        CBS fired executive for tweeting she was not sympathetic - to victims of the shooting because (Views: 413, 2017-10-03, 10:51 am)
        She'd better hope that if something happened to her, there are - mostly "repugs" in the crowd to save (Views: 316, 2017-10-03, 10:52 am)
        CBS? Read she was CNN legal analyst. (nm). - Truthhurts (Views: 335, 2017-10-03, 11:06 am)
        Semi-automatics and "enhancing" kits should be outlawed - but change the subject (Views: 364, 2017-10-03, 12:18 pm)
    - Neither is the "right" to healthy foods - hawkmt (Views: 358, 2017-10-03, 11:06 am)
      - I grow my own healthy foods and make that choice. It - doesn't depend on others' work (Views: 345, 2017-10-04, 4:01 am)
- Do you suggest banning guns? Because that's all that's left to do. - Truthhurts (Views: 398, 2017-10-03, 10:52 am)
  - To kill a snake you have to cut the head off. - We should ban corporate - sm (Views: 476, 2017-10-03, 12:09 pm)
    - Machine guns are already illegal, but you prove a point - Truthhurts (Views: 570, 2017-10-03, 1:40 pm)
  - Black market only goes as far as Indiana and Wisconsin . - We can do something. (Views: 321, 2017-10-03, 12:30 pm)
    - Sorry, I'm confused about your statement "Black market only goes as far as - Indiana and Wisconsin" (Views: 414, 2017-10-04, 1:34 am)