"Shadow" <Sh@dow.br> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 22:14:06 -0400, "Scout"
> <me4guns@removethis.this2.spam.centurylink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Shadow" <Sh@dow.br> wrote in message
>>news:823sbdt77bu0erfrqorvvev33r3qru9e3l@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:29:10 -0400, Rhino
>>> <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2018-03-29 6:47 PM, moviePig wrote:
>>>>> On 3/29/2018 6:23 PM, Shadow wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:50:12 +0000 (UTC), RW NRA Gunloon
>>>>>> <RichGunloon@trump.ru> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Swiss authorities have a list of about 2,000 individuals they
>>>>>>> suspect
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> being willing to commit shootings. All of them are frequently
>>>>>>> approached
>>>>>>> by authorities, along with psychologists, and are forced to hand
>>>>>>> over
>>>>>>> their weapons immediately or are barred from purchasing new ones.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's probably the most important reason for the extreme
>>>>>> difference.
>>>>>> The Swiss State does background checks and psych and medical
>>>>>> evaluations on ALL it's citizens.
>>>>>> I would have thought those numbers would be higher. Psychotics
>>>>>> make up a little over 1% of a population. Which would be almost
>>>>>> 100.000 people (half of which would be male). They are probably
>>>>>> exempt
>>>>>> from military service, and hence also not allowed to own guns.
>>>>>> Stop the loony's "right to buy guns" and the problem
>>>>>> disappears.
>>>>>
>>>>> 'Loony'. Hmm. The devil is in the definition...
>>>>>
>>>>To many on the left, the mere desire to own a gun is proof positive that
>>>>the person desiring the gun *is* a loony.
>>>
>>> Crazy people on the "left" too. They would not be allowed to
>>> purchase guns either if they were screened by mandatory mental
>>> examinations.
>>> I maintain that mandatory mental screening should be
>>> implemented for ANYONE that wants to buy a gun.
>>
>>Similarly they should be mandated for anyone that wishes to exercise free
>>speech, publish without censorship, meet in any assembly, would require a
>>warrant before any search, etc.
>>
>>After all, if it's so vital, then such a condition should apply to the
>>exercise of ANY Constitutional right.
>
> Hey, your statement would make a great text for the exam.
> People would have to analyze if there is a link between carrying guns
> and free speech.

Who needs a link?

After all, we can establish a link between free speech and all sorts of
crimes including riots, insurrection and even civil rebellion.