Um, no, his economic policies led to a greater gap between rich and poor which have only gotten worse under GOP presidents since, and he helped sink the budget with deficit spending (after campaigning against it for 30 years). On the other hand, he was at least willing to negotiate with his fellow Americans who happened to be Democrats — unlike the modern GOP.
The presidency of former president Ronald Reagan was from 1981 through 1989. If you are not mathematically impaired, then adding 30 years is from 2011 through 2019. So according to Ima we are still enjoying such a great boom and never suffered through the second greatest depression in American history. That makes all of the continued complaining about current president Obama a total farce. Glad to see that Ima has seen the light after all!!
You’re always saying we need voter ID laws, ’to keep illegal aliens for registering to vote, right?"
Well then, why don’t you support background checks on weapons purchases for the same reason? If illegals don’t have the right to vote, then why should they have the Second Amendment rights?
And which has been the more common occurence? An illegal immigrant tryng to vote, or an illegal immigrant shooting somebody?
If nobody can make a determination of what is “too crazy” for gun ownership, there is no way to enforce it. Any chemical, including acetameniphine, ibuprophen, antihistamines, etc, has the potential of altering a person’s mood, personality, or affecting their judgement. There are people with reactions to common drugs that can lead them to violent mood swings or violent acts. There is no way of telling who has what reaction. So by only limiting gun laws to prevent “crazies” from owning them, you should include anyone who has ever entered a drugstore. It can be argued that anyone who thinks the government is fascist and wants to take away their guns is paranoid, and should therefore be put on the list to have their guns removed for the safety of everyone around them. Perhaps the FBI and ATF should spend their time reading internet posts and looking for key words, like “totalitarian”, “fascist”, “Obamanation”, or other inflammatory posts criticizing the government to find those most likely to be dangerous to the public.Be careful what you wish for, Scott, you might get it.
“If mental health status isn’t include due to Hippa then They won’t do a bit of good.”Are you saying that all Americans need to have a recorded mental health diagnostic that is tracked and available upon request? How would you pay for this? Who administers the diagnostic? How often? Who interprets the results? Who oversees all of them? Are results in one state valid in another?
Currently there are many states where private gun sales don’t require any background check. Only 7 states impose a universal background check, Unsurprisingly, those states with weak background checks do a brisk business in providing guns to people with felony convictions who live in states with more strict gun laws.
“Criminals won’t participate in a universal system.”
I hear this over and over, as though we are thought to be too stupid to realize that the reason criminals are criminals is because they don’t obey the law.
Straw purchasers can participate, until they are caught. Is there any reason not to try to catch them?
As long as people can buy weapons from someone at a yard sale or out of another person’s trunk, criminals will have a steady supply of guns. No background check. QED.
Again, I will pose the same question: what do YOU think should be done about gun violence? Or do you think that the carnage done daily to our population is just the price we have to pay so that the sane people can be ready to fight the government?
Please don’t say, “Enforce the laws on the books” until the laws on the books are not made unenforceable by the gun lobby. We haven’t had a fulltime head of ATF for 7 years. The number of ATF field agents hasn’t changed in close to fifty years. It is now only “suggested” that gun shops do inventory and report irregularities. Background check results are required by law to be destroyed. Laws have been put into place specifically to place impediments between local/state law enforcement and the ATF. When these are fixed, I will consider the “Enforce the laws” argument, but only then.
Got a better idea? Lots of soon-to-be-dead people want to know. Doing nothing, to them, is not acceptable.
“Well regulated” is in the Constitution because they had “highwaymen” back in those days, just as we have punks with guns holding up 7/11’s today. It isn’t just the “crazies” who present a problem with unregulated gun ownership. Even Scalia and the “righties” on the SCOTUS recognized that in “Heller vs D.C.”. It’s time for the NRA and the true “gun nuts” as opposed to “responsible gun owners” to get the message!
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/29/opinion/why-i-m-for-the-brady-bill.htmlThanks, that should be required reading for any fan of Reagan, and more so for his detractors.
Most of the states do not report mental health issues related to background checks. California and Texas reported close to 200,000 for each state. New Jersey reported 1. Tell me there is only one person in New Jersey that is not fit to purchase a firearm because of mental health issues. The current back ground checks will not work if the states back east do not cooperate with the feds in this. Furthermore the president does not want to enforce the laws on the books. How many laws were broken in most recent school shooting?
Motivemagus about 11 years ago
Um, no, his economic policies led to a greater gap between rich and poor which have only gotten worse under GOP presidents since, and he helped sink the budget with deficit spending (after campaigning against it for 30 years). On the other hand, he was at least willing to negotiate with his fellow Americans who happened to be Democrats — unlike the modern GOP.
frodo1008 about 11 years ago
The presidency of former president Ronald Reagan was from 1981 through 1989. If you are not mathematically impaired, then adding 30 years is from 2011 through 2019. So according to Ima we are still enjoying such a great boom and never suffered through the second greatest depression in American history. That makes all of the continued complaining about current president Obama a total farce. Glad to see that Ima has seen the light after all!!
Simon_Jester about 11 years ago
I have a queston for conservatives.
You’re always saying we need voter ID laws, ’to keep illegal aliens for registering to vote, right?"
Well then, why don’t you support background checks on weapons purchases for the same reason? If illegals don’t have the right to vote, then why should they have the Second Amendment rights?
And which has been the more common occurence? An illegal immigrant tryng to vote, or an illegal immigrant shooting somebody?
Fourcrows about 11 years ago
If nobody can make a determination of what is “too crazy” for gun ownership, there is no way to enforce it. Any chemical, including acetameniphine, ibuprophen, antihistamines, etc, has the potential of altering a person’s mood, personality, or affecting their judgement. There are people with reactions to common drugs that can lead them to violent mood swings or violent acts. There is no way of telling who has what reaction. So by only limiting gun laws to prevent “crazies” from owning them, you should include anyone who has ever entered a drugstore. It can be argued that anyone who thinks the government is fascist and wants to take away their guns is paranoid, and should therefore be put on the list to have their guns removed for the safety of everyone around them. Perhaps the FBI and ATF should spend their time reading internet posts and looking for key words, like “totalitarian”, “fascist”, “Obamanation”, or other inflammatory posts criticizing the government to find those most likely to be dangerous to the public.Be careful what you wish for, Scott, you might get it.
Simon_Jester about 11 years ago
Fairness compels me to ask another question.
Would a background check have kept John Hinkley Jr from buying the gun he used to shoot President Reagan?
Or, for that matter, Mark David Chapman? ( The guy who shot John Lennon three months before the attack on President Reagan. )
These are not rhetorical questions folks, I honestly don’t know.
Simon_Jester about 11 years ago
You seem to have misread my question. It was NOT, “Would you please go off on a childish, sarcastic, angry rant?”
Kylop about 11 years ago
“If mental health status isn’t include due to Hippa then They won’t do a bit of good.”Are you saying that all Americans need to have a recorded mental health diagnostic that is tracked and available upon request? How would you pay for this? Who administers the diagnostic? How often? Who interprets the results? Who oversees all of them? Are results in one state valid in another?
Uncle Joe Premium Member about 11 years ago
Fixing the link.http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-nra-vs-america-20130131
Uncle Joe Premium Member about 11 years ago
Currently there are many states where private gun sales don’t require any background check. Only 7 states impose a universal background check, Unsurprisingly, those states with weak background checks do a brisk business in providing guns to people with felony convictions who live in states with more strict gun laws.
I Play One On TV about 11 years ago
“Criminals won’t participate in a universal system.”
I hear this over and over, as though we are thought to be too stupid to realize that the reason criminals are criminals is because they don’t obey the law.
Straw purchasers can participate, until they are caught. Is there any reason not to try to catch them?
As long as people can buy weapons from someone at a yard sale or out of another person’s trunk, criminals will have a steady supply of guns. No background check. QED.
Again, I will pose the same question: what do YOU think should be done about gun violence? Or do you think that the carnage done daily to our population is just the price we have to pay so that the sane people can be ready to fight the government?
Please don’t say, “Enforce the laws on the books” until the laws on the books are not made unenforceable by the gun lobby. We haven’t had a fulltime head of ATF for 7 years. The number of ATF field agents hasn’t changed in close to fifty years. It is now only “suggested” that gun shops do inventory and report irregularities. Background check results are required by law to be destroyed. Laws have been put into place specifically to place impediments between local/state law enforcement and the ATF. When these are fixed, I will consider the “Enforce the laws” argument, but only then.
Got a better idea? Lots of soon-to-be-dead people want to know. Doing nothing, to them, is not acceptable.
Dtroutma about 11 years ago
“Well regulated” is in the Constitution because they had “highwaymen” back in those days, just as we have punks with guns holding up 7/11’s today. It isn’t just the “crazies” who present a problem with unregulated gun ownership. Even Scalia and the “righties” on the SCOTUS recognized that in “Heller vs D.C.”. It’s time for the NRA and the true “gun nuts” as opposed to “responsible gun owners” to get the message!
Simon_Jester about 11 years ago
How can someone DISOBEY a background check?
Simon_Jester about 11 years ago
WRONG! Neither you nor ansonia have answered the question I ASKED.
Uncle Joe Premium Member about 11 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/29/opinion/why-i-m-for-the-brady-bill.htmlThanks, that should be required reading for any fan of Reagan, and more so for his detractors.
TxWireman about 11 years ago
Most of the states do not report mental health issues related to background checks. California and Texas reported close to 200,000 for each state. New Jersey reported 1. Tell me there is only one person in New Jersey that is not fit to purchase a firearm because of mental health issues. The current back ground checks will not work if the states back east do not cooperate with the feds in this. Furthermore the president does not want to enforce the laws on the books. How many laws were broken in most recent school shooting?