So. We are paranoid to worry about them confiscating our guns, are we?

[robkelk]

Background checks and licensing, though, do keep weapons out of the hands of the mentally ill.

Citation needed, as they say.

Ludwig J, Cook PJ: Homicide and suicide rates associated with implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. JAMA 284:585–91, 2000
Webster DW, Vernick JS, Zeoli Am, et al: Association between youth-focused firearm laws and youth suicides. JAMA 292:594–601, 2004
Miller M, Lippmann SJ, Azrael D, et al: Household firearm ownership and rates of suicide across the United States. J Trauma 62:1029–35, 2007
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Rob Kelk
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