Should american law permit you to have a gun if -

I have a neighbor who is aggressive and violent. Threatens people with his weapons and discharges them illegally. He's mentally ill and struggling with addiction.

The vast majority of people IRL and on SW seem to think this is normal and acceptable and we're all fascists for wanting to stop him.

You can enact all the laws you want. Criminals don't follow the law.

Here in my state, to purchase a gun you can either:

A). Go purchase it at a shop. They do background checks and no one with a felony or a class A misdemeanor is allowed to have one- So, "gun control" here is pointless. There's no problem.

B). One can purchase weapons from a private seller like at a gun show or your neighbor- here it is not very regulated. So, I'm certain any lunatic with a bad rap is using this route.

Know the facts that making a general law like "gun control" aimed at businesses, or simply restricting the amount of magazines or whatever isn't going work.

People are the problem, and some crazy lunatic is going to use whatever to kill someone else.

It depends. A mental illness can by anxiety or phobia and it can be bipolar or antisocial personality. There are varying degrees. Incidentally, those with mental illness have been shown in study after study not to be any more violent than the general public. Gun statistics back that up. And how are you going to identify the dangerously mentally ill? Right now, all we have is a questionnaire filled out by the gun buyer.

Beating someone up doesn't predict gun violence.

No one not trained and regularly tested in the use of firearms should own a gun. Why not give race cars to anyone who thinks they're cool?

Discharge from the military is not predictor of gun violence.

I'm beginning to wonder if many of the people here on SW should own a firearm.

Aggressiveness can be a helpful trait and is no predictor of gun violence.

Recovering alcoholics and drug users are among some of the most even, insightful and straight people I've ever met. And there's no connection between addiction and love of guns.

What would Jimmy the Gun do without his trademark accessory? Just stay clear of him after payday.

I know a guy who is a hunter and target shooter.
He knows that if he ever assaulted his wife, his guns would be gone, and he would be banned from owning firearms for a period of years.

Just hold on to em, get outta the house cos they are coming for em.
When FEMA take them they will herd u all into FEMA camps.

Please take care as i think they will be coming soon.

No

The bill of rights doesn’t have any limiting factors..
Unfortunately...

Rob ... give it a brake ... show some respect ... the slaughter in Texas, is not 24 hours old.

Give it 4 days ... show some class

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Guns kill and people are stupid.

In my opinion, give em up u die.

Convicted criminals of violent crimes are not allowed to own guns where I live, but I don’t know if that’s still the case in the rest of the country.