Mentally Ill? Keep Your Guns
I was astounded to read over the weekend that Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy -- remember Newtown? -- feels all gun owners, including the mentally ill who could harm others or themselves, should be allowed to keep all their guns, including assault rifles and those which carry magazines with more than 10 bullets. What?! The New York Times also reported today that even in states where women know their exes have guns and will come after them still do not confiscate the guns. I realize this is what the pro-gun lobby is so terrified about. Relinquishing their rifles. But do they truly want to be in the next theater that's sprayed with bullets as they watch the latest Disney release? (A quick side note -- three of five homicides in the U.S. are people committing suicide. Sadly, the mentally ill often figure here.) I believe in personal freedom. That women should have the right to their bodies, and abortion. That people be allowed to drink Big Gulps...