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New anti-gun "feel-good" bill circulates in WI Capital
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Twenty Republican and three Democrat WI state legislators support new “feel good” anti-gun bills now in committee, SB70 and AB44. They are the same bills just different legislative houses. Both want to expand state background checks to include federal guidelines. At this time state background checks run on handgun purchasers include only state records.
“This bill requires the state DOJ to check whether the person has been the subject of a court order or finding that is based on a determination that the person’s mental health would render the person ineligible under feral law to posses a firearm.”
It would be incumbent upon the courts to determine the gun owner’s eligibility during proceedings related to mental health. If the court says the person is insane, mentally defective, incompetent, of “sub-normal” intelligence, or found not guilty based on a determination of “incompetent to stand trial.“ as written in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, he would not be allowed to own a gun.
It relates to individuals institutionalized involuntarily, defined as mentally defective or drug dependant, not those in institutions for “observation” or voluntary admissions. The person may appeal the ruling of the court.
You may find the proposed bills at http://www.legis.state.wi.us/
At first glance this sounds very good. After all we don’t want ‘nut cases’ running around with guns, do we? Problem is the huge door this opens.
Our government is growing more powerful everyday. We propose one “feel good” bill after another. What are the actual results? We already have a federal background check when we buy handguns AND a three days waiting period.
Seung-Hui Cho was not stopped by that check. He was not stopped by the many alarms raised about his mental stability. He was not stopped by V-Tech school counselors or teachers.
He should have been stopped by an armed teacher but that didn’t happen either because universities also have “feel good” rules that prohibit teachers from carrying guns!
What about the military veteran who suffers from PTSD? Or people fighting depression? They will less likely seek treatment because of the medical records that could be used against them.
What about the Multiple Sclerosis victim who because of the chorus of drugs he/she is on must see a psychiatrist? Yet, because of the debilitating nature of the disease is extremely vulnerable. That is my daughter’s situation. You want to talk about drug dependant? She’s a prime example.
If we want to really “feel good” we need to help these people who desperately need our help. We need to stop victimizing those who are already victims.
We need to contact our state legislators and tell them these bills are wrong.
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