Mixed Feelings

At Ft Hood Obama Vow to Keep Firarms Out of the Hand of the Mentally Ill.

On the one hand, good.  I have advocated for mental health reforms.  If all the energy that went into unconstitutional rights violations went into fixing that, we'd have been better off.

On the other hand...  It will lead to injustices.  People's rights stripped away in a non-adjudicated manner.  It'll sweep up people not deserving to be swept up.

And I certainly don't trust the Obama administration run a new system like this.  Even if written by the NRA/ILA, this administration seems less concerned with the whole Rule of Law concept, and would interpret it to suit themselves and strip folks of their civil rights.

Good Presidential quote:  "In our open society, and in vast bases like this, we can never eliminate every risk, but as a nation we can do more to help council those with mental health issues..."

Bad Presidential quote: "...to keep firearms out of the hands of those who are having such deep difficulties."  Yes.  But there is many a slip between the cup and the lip.