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Quote by: fushigi  Ah I get it. (You often make good points, but I have to wait until the end of your argument to see it. It'd be easier for me if you did the old thesis-supporting arguments-conclusion bit.)
But I see what you mean. Register the drug while you're taking it, then when you go off it, un-register it.
It's actually a great idea. Wouldn't cost too much for enforcement (just add a column to the FBI personnel database, have psychotherapists submit notice to the FBI when they start a patient on a new anti-psychotic/anti-depression drug treatment, and Jed at the gun shop doesn't have any more work to do either.) |
I did not go to collage and do not know how to prepare one of those "thesis-supporting arguments-conclusion" writings.
Sorry about that. I am just into coming up with an idea.
We register a car partly because we are driving it around in public, and so we must prove it is smog-safe and so that if we "hit and run" the police can track us down (in theory). The other reason is so we can have proof of ownership to prevent car thefts (in theory).
Now my wife a short time ago fainted at work and went to a doctor to make use everything was okay. The doctor promptly reported the fainting spell incident to the DMV and she could not drive again until all the medical tests came back that would prove she had no medical problems that might cause her to faint while driving. Medical privacy was violated because of that law. Luckly she had no medical problem and had fainted for another reason (long story so will not say why).
You cannot drive using a number of prescription drugs and can get into trouble if you do, just like if you drink booze. Booze addiction is a medical problem according to phychology experts.
Now if the law can control your right to use your own registered vehicle then I guess they can control your right to bear arms for the same reasons.
I came up with the drug registration idea to get around our right for medical pravicy.
Now for my counter argument of my own idea.
If someone has a history of drug abuse (unlawful) and of "drinking and driving" then then should not the FBI ban them from buying dangerous weapons as well. If you use a card to buy beer the FBI could find out if you shoud be allowed to own a gun, a car, or other dangerous item.
Once the prescription drug and gun control laws are effected it could spread to cars and other things you might wish to buy. But if you had a court case about causing a beer relatied problem or got busted for unlawful drugs then no car and no gun. As well as those dangerous prescription drugs could ban you from guns. Point is if you cannot drive on drugs you cannot shoot guns on drugs. But the other laws are enforced only after you violate them, and it would be too late if a prescription drug user shoots a lot of people. We would not send them to re-hab now would we?
Warning - do not drive heavey equipment or use a gun while taking this medicaton. Hmm? Such notices are not enough when it comes to preventing those school shootings.
Guns, drugs, and cars all can be dangerous as well as useful. We cannot outlaw depression or being the bully kid or the emotions of rage, fear, and so forth. These things all exsist in society and controlling them with educational warnings, laws, permits, and so forth cannot (or has not in the past) completly solved the problems they might represent.
Laws are cages where we try to keep the beast locked up. We have turned society into a Zoo of cages and yet we dream of a better society, where we are all free like the birds in the trees. (excuse my symoblism).
And so the only real solution cannot come by way of laws on the outside, but by a massive change in attitudes on the inside of the people. We do not know how to effect such a major transformaton.
Or else we know how but cannot get folks to conform to the notions.
Advocating fairness in all matters, equality as a standard of personal choice and free will, respecting one another, not poking fun at people, and a few other golden rules as our mental objectives can solve 99 percent of these problems if everyone was willing to adopt those attitudes and motives from their heart and not out of fear of the FBI.
But agian, effecting such idealisms seems fruitless due to massive non-conformity and lack of co-operation, and because of countering influences.
And so we are pretty much stuck with things as they are in society and new regulations will just mean more taxes. Although they might help a little bit.