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Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

(12,148 posts)

16. Being bad at math should not result in felony-class penalties.

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 10, 2017, 08:16 PM

Mar 2017

Revoking the rights of everyone with any sort of mental disability as if they were a danger to themselves or others is fundamentally unjust. People with nonviolent disabilities are more likely to be *victims* of violence, and less likely to perpetrate it, than the average citizen, as the ACLU pointed out.

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ACLU: the rule reinforced a stereotype that people with mental disabilities are violent [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 OP

They're right. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #1

If someone can't manage basic Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #2

I mean HAB911 Mar 2017 #3

In your opinion, are there any other legal restrictions they should be subject to? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #7

Do you always answer a question with a question? HAB911 Mar 2017 #11

I do when I run across deliberately vague allusions- but because you asked again: friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #14

Should they be allowed to vote? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #4

I think your question will probably go unanswered, as will mine in post #7 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #6

That sort?! HAB911 Mar 2017 #12

In point of fact, you *didn't* answer his question. friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #15

There are many reasons someone can't manage their affairs kudzu22 Mar 2017 #5

For SSI there are not a lot of reasons for a payee Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #8

Are there any other restrictions that you feel such persons ought to be subject to? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #9

Sure, lots of things. Lock them up. yagotme Mar 2017 #17

Being bad at math should not result in felony-class penalties. benEzra Mar 2017 #16

I supported revoking the rule. TupperHappy Mar 2017 #10

I don't like the idea of stereotyping any group of people. Throck Mar 2017 #13