I guess due processss and personal librty are over rated. On Jan 15, 2013 9:57 PM, "C. Hatton Humphrey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Aside from the 2nd amendment questions, which are already promised to be > litigated, the most troubling section of this law is they way they decided > to handle the mental health question. > > Effectively any psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist, nurse, doctor, > social worker or counselor must report any person they believe may harm > themselves or others to state authorities. This reporting could lead the > the revocation of the person's permit and the seizure of any guns the > person may own. > > > http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/experts-proposed-ny-gun-law-hinder-therapy-18220535 > > From the article: > "Dr. Paul Appelbaum at Columbia University said the prospect of being > reported to local mental health authorities and maybe the police might > discourage people from revealing thoughts of harm to a therapist, or even > from seeking treatment at all. > > "The people who arguably most need to be in treatment and most need to feel > free to talk about these disturbing impulses, may be the ones we make least > likely to do so," said the director of law, ethics and psychiatry at > Columbia. "They will either simply not come, or not report the thoughts > that they have." > > "If people with suicidal or homicidal impulses avoid treatment for fear of > being reported in this way, they may be more likely to act on those > impulses," he said. > > Currently a mental health professional has a duty to protect potential > victims of a patient, but there are several ways to do that, he said. The > patient can be committed to an institution, voluntarily or not, or his > medication can be changed to reduce the risk, or the intended victim can be > warned, he said." > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some > smelting to find it. > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Something at least. The problem is though places where its very easy > > to get assault rifles, 30 round mags etc., is only at the most 4 hours > > drive away. After all Virginia for instance has loosened a lot of its > > gun laws, especially the straw purchases laws. > > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Eric Roberts > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From CNN breaking News. > > > > > > > > > > > > New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into a law a new package of gun > > > regulations to fortify the state's existing assault weapons ban, limit > > the > > > number of bullets in magazines and strengthen rules that keep the > > mentally > > > ill from owning firearms. > > > > > > The measure is the nation's first gun-control bill since last month's > > school > > > shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360181 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
