tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post4232610388944693809..comments2024-03-18T22:21:01.033-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: This Should Be An Interesting 'Clarification'Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-90669152575001874832013-01-18T12:53:45.175-05:002013-01-18T12:53:45.175-05:00With the new health care law, everyone's medic...<i>With the new health care law, everyone's medical records will be accessible to the government.</i><br /><br />There are two things that worry me about this. One is the relatively minor (but only relatively) matter of litigation. The Psychiatrist/Psychologist/GP/what-have-you who was treating the murderer being sued for not doing enough to stop the murderer. That's already about to happen in the Colorado theater shooting.<br /><br />The other thing is the government access itself, and the government's definition of sufficiently insane as to be barred from possessing weapons (currently, the government is leaving that largely in the physician's hands, but that's easily changed). The larger threat is the government's use of this precedent to use "insanity" as a reason to bar lots of things. The USSR used to stifle dissidents by defining that as insane. We're a long way from this eventually, but this move by the government opens that door.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-62113871797540745652013-01-18T10:46:36.902-05:002013-01-18T10:46:36.902-05:00We removed all the guns from my father-in-law'...We removed all the guns from my father-in-law's house about the time he got so mentally altered that he couldn't put up an effective resistance to our plan. It was part of the same process that caused us to take away his car keys: when he got to the point that he couldn't negotiate the process of calling a locksmith and getting a replacement set.<br /><br />That's how a family handles things. I wouldn't have wanted to see the state step in.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-10208565445679970722013-01-17T12:17:03.679-05:002013-01-17T12:17:03.679-05:00As in (I think) many cases, the bipolar was not di...As in (I think) many cases, the bipolar was not diagnosed until adulthood (there are two that I know of... both had been "self-medicating" with drugs and alcohol prior to the actual diagnoses and receiving appropriate treatment.<br /><br />When even my mother is talking about getting guns (while you still can), you know there is a problem... Mom is only now understanding that because of these fears, you have to wait on getting the gun you bought because they are out of stock, and that there is also a shortage of ammo...Miss Ladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05036711338399907180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-2348832280250367432013-01-17T11:46:11.534-05:002013-01-17T11:46:11.534-05:00Nor can I.
I wonder how far this will be pushed, ...Nor can I.<br /><br />I wonder how far this will be pushed, too. With the new health care law, everyone's medical records will be accessible to the government. There may be a push to try to find <i>something</i> that would be disqualifying. Even a single doctor or school counselor who was opposed to the Second Amendment could effectively strip dozens of their rights. Since there is no capacity to prove innocence of false charges -- let alone to establish just where a disorder like bipolar disorder becomes dangerous to others -- it's not clear what limits this new power has.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-85395253212064902042013-01-17T11:40:05.191-05:002013-01-17T11:40:05.191-05:00I am acquainted with someone diagnosed with and ta...I am acquainted with someone diagnosed with and taking medication for bipolar disorder. They are worried they will never be able to purchase a firearm again. Not knowing what questions are asked (or will be in the future...) on the background check forms, I can offer no reassurances that this will not be the case...Miss Ladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05036711338399907180noreply@blogger.com