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Can we stop letting low IQ individuals buy weapons? Would you place a rifle in Trump's hand and stick around to see what happens?

I wouldn't...
LunarOrbit · 56-60, M
Its not intelligence. Its respect. Respect for a weapon that can destroy anything pointed in its direction. And respect for people, all people...even the ones you don’t like.
@LunarOrbit This 👆
How do you suggest we test individuals for this? What about people who use hunting as a way of providing food for their families? Some still do this. There are still areas in the U.S. where people have little to no education and live off the land. The provide for their families and sell extra for income. What about them. IQ doesn’t determine mental health.
@mikeylyksit High IQ’s have a potential for arrogance. Know it all’s scare me more than regular citizens. Mental health is more of the issue and, sadly, it is not taken seriously.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
@mikeylyksit @Pinkstarburst what about all those Hollywood types and politicians who have been to drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers...either in patient or out since most government agencies claim it's a mental health issue
mikeylyksit · 41-45, M
@MarineBob I'd be more concerned about firearm ownership related to people with drug and alcohol problems who have NOT been to rehab...
Sure it's a mental health issue of sorts, but at least the ones who have been to rehab know that there's a problem. And half the battle of solving any problem is just figuring out what the problem IS.
SW-User
IQ has nothing to do with it. You want people who are respectful of life to hold a firearm. I don’t think IQ is the greatest indicator of that.
Give him some credit , he managed to become President how many of us can say that.

I'm not saying he was a good president but he was one.


I can't even win in my office politics😞
mikeylyksit · 41-45, M
Would I place a rifle in Trump's hands? I wouldn't place a rifle in anybody's hands unless I was certain they knew how to handle it properly. Having said that, if I knew he was a skilled marksman, I'd be no more or less inclined to hand him a weapon than any other skilled marksman. But bluntly speaking, if Trump needed something filled with lead, he'd be better off asking me to do it for him. I'm a better shot than 99.999% of military marksmen. Sadly, that isn't saying much. Just that I usually hit what I mean to hit, that's all...
MarineBob · 56-60, M
Couldn't be any worse than giving one to dick cheney
@MarineBob In the face and Dick got away with that. When asked Dick said, He was talkin when he should have been listenin.
Life in prison or the death sentence - lethal injection, electric chair, gas chamber, etc., has never been a deterrent or prevented a person with an average IQ or above from committing murder. I don't know or can I predict what trump would do with a 'gun', he may already have one. I'm not a supporter or a member of his cult base believers.
With the Republicans working for the Gun Lobby Groups we can't even stop people on No Fly Lists from buying guns. They voted against that.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
@Pitchblue can't stop the presidents son from owning one either
Montanaman · M
Please 🙄🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️
Slade · 56-60, M
Good for you.

I'm sure he has every permit imaginable due to people like you around.

So you fail
SW-User
Or mental health issues that aren't being treated.
chrisCA · M
@SW-User You are speaking of a country that cannot decide on how to provide basic health care to all of it's citizens regardless of income, employment status, or pre-existing conditions.
Stopmakingsense · 56-60, F
It's time to put the guns away. Australia did it.
Montanaman · M
@Stopmakingsense 🙋‍♀️ Give em to me for safe keeping. ☺😎
Stephanidunord · 18-21, F
Or at least register them
SW-User
Alternatively, we could give everyone weapons and sit back and enjoy the madness 👀🍿
mikeylyksit · 41-45, M
@SW-User Awesome. Wouldn't that just be giving Darwin a little PUSH???
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Slade · 56-60, M
@iamBen Secret Service notified....

 
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