In the wake of the two recent mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, CNN’s Alisyn Camerota had an idea about how to improve gun control measures.
She suggested that gun store owners simply ask their customers if they’re suffering from mental illness.
On a recent panel discussing the prevention of mass shootings, Camerota said, “How onerous would it be to have a gun shop owner just say, ‘By the way, are you hearing voices? Do you think people are chasing you? Do you think everybody is watching you?’ It would have weeded out possibly this guy.”
Camerota seems to be overlooking the fact that safety is already a top priority for gun store owners. An FFL (Federal Firearms License) is difficult to obtain and licensed dealers do not take their responsibility lightly, but they are not trained mental health professionals.
Meghan McCain commented on the matter, saying, “People who have never purchased guns don’t know how seriously dealers take purchasers and their mental health. This is the LAST thing sellers want.”
That aside, the biggest issue with Camerota’s suggestion is that it’s highly unlikely a customer suffering from mental illness would even admit it to a gun store owner if asked.
Additionally, the ATF Form 4473 that all gun purchasers are required to fill out already has questions about mental illness on it. Purchasers must answer the following: “Have you ever been adjudicated as a mental defective or have you ever been committed to a mental institution?”
Members of the media are often criticized for weighing in on gun rights without actually knowing much about guns or the process of purchasing them. They also often fail to suggest a piece of legislation that would actually prevent shootings like the one in Boulder, where it appears that the shooter purchased his firearms legally despite a history of mental illness.
Colorado already has universal background checks and red flag laws, and the City of Boulder had a two-year ban on assault weapons.
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Everyone at CNN should see a “social worker and a psychologist” in a safe space (permanently), with their “gender neutral” dolls. With no one at CNN, because all of the CNN employees will be in a “safe space”, the CNN building will be empty. Thus there will be no more fake news / communist propaganda coming from the CNN building.
I wonder. IF EVERYONE at CNN had to undergo a full on backround check, HOW MANY OF THEM would pass… if any.
The AP should ask everyone at CNN if …THEY… hear voices.
CNN reporters need ice picks inserted into their ears like Custer so they can hear…….probably wouldn’t work anyway….. you cant fix stupid
Nope… just community organize it… after lying for years.
I wonder, if all of those working for CNN, were forced to go though the proper backround checks (RAN BY SOMEONE Other than the corrupt to the core FBI), how many would pass?
“Yes, I hear you quite clearly. I’m not deaf!”
“OF course i hear voices”. I have a cell phone ear piece in!
Good one!!!
Yes, responsible gun owners hear voices that tell them to stock up because there is trouble coming down the pike and responsible gun store owners also hear in-person customer voices telling them “I need more ammo”.
There’s days i wonder, is the “ammo drought” a DELIBERATE ploy by the dems, to try and STOP US stocking up.
““How onerous would it be to have a gun shop owner just say, ‘By the way, are you hearing voices? “………about as onerous as a President of The United States wired by his puppet masters with earphones to repeat eactly what he is told during a press conference. “Mr. PResident, do you hear voices,,,,No, my ear mike is not working so I don;t have an answer yet from my handlers.”
How can any sane intelligent person give any credibility to these demented self-righteous, self-serving Democrat Party’s “useful Idiots”??
Because we keep dismissing them as “useful idiots” instead of treating them like the enemies of the Republic, which they are.
Exactly… Years ago when this whole insanity was starting, many folks said “Just you wait till these kids hit the real world.. They’ll wind up correcting themselves”.
BUT NO.. IN FACT they’ve been the ones PUSHING THE REAL WORLD to conform to THEIR vision of what should be, via cancel culture etc..
it is sad when a so called reporter puts his or her ignorance on display for the whole world to see.
IMO that’s done DAILY on CNN.
No but I listen to CNN and MSNBC. Whoops, I can’t get a weapon now?
SO IF THEY ASK THE QUESTION AND ANSWER IT THEN THEY DO. SO WHAT? THE MEDIA SHOULD DECLARE EVERYTIME WHO THEY VOTED FOR AND WHY BEFORE COMMENTING ON A POLITICAL ISSUE! THAT MAKES SENSE! NO GUN CONTROL MEASURE MAKES SENSE AND HAS NEVER WORKED! IF IT DID THEN THERE WOULD NEVER BE A CRIME INVOLVING A GUN! I GOT CATARACTS IN BOTH EYES SO NO **** ABOUT SHOUTING IN A SILENT MEDIUM@!
The only “voices” we GUN OWNERS hear, are the terrified democommunists that know they cannot take over this country as long as Law-abiding PATRIOTS are armed and are prepared to take our country back from them.
You beat me to the commit you made. I have stashed in my , and I tell people the exact same thing to their face.
Thank god.she doesn’t work for fox anymore. Stupid belongs on cnn,and the other propaganda machines for the radical leftists. Real reporters and real news companies try not to have people who have no common sense talk about things they have no idea about. Maybe we should have a mental awareness test to be allowed to talk to large groups of people on tv. Allison go ask Hunter Biden does he hear voices, did he do drugs, did he LIE on his firearms application? Did he get a gun? Ask joe Biden those questions. Oh wait I’m not sure if joe can comprehend those questions or himself qualify to be handling a gun.
Hence why dems, are DETERMINED TO Do all they can to strip us of our guns.. CAUSE THEY KNOW that is the only way they can defeat us for good.
Like the voices Dr. William Petit in Connecticut should have heard, but possibly ignored?
https://nypost.com/2015/09/06/dr-william-petit-rebuilds-life-after-losing-family-in-home-invasion/
I’ll bet Alisyn Camerota hears voices.
That question is asked on the 4473 form, about mental illness. Besides, how many crazy people, think they’re crazy ?????? It’s very stupid people like her that elect incompetent retards like Biden and Harris and the rest of their ILK !!!!
AND as we’ve seen a LOT in recent mass shootings. EVEN IF THEY do say yes, they still somehow get passed…
And she calls herself a news commentator, on what planet? Edward Morrow is spinning in his grave, these people are not of this planet…
She is dumber than a sack of blond hammers.
Clearly, this CNN host is way out of bounds and speaking from a position of ignorance. A firearms dealer is not qualified to assess an individual’s mental stability. The only person qualified to make the assertation of mental defect is an MD. Auditory hallucinations are amongst the rarest of symptoms of psychosis, although the Hollywood crowd would like us to believe otherwise. The libs don’t realize that depression is the most common mental disorder, and it too can be unpredictable.
AND these days, A LOT OF folks are depressed!
Right back at ya’, do YOU hear voices. What law will protect store owners from lawsuits?
And she thinks they would answer truthfully?? WOW!
This only “voices” I hear are the ones who say grab that slimy CNN employee and beat the raw sewage out of them. But so far I’ve been able to restrain myself.
Maybe we need to ask Camerota if she hers voices telling her there was Russian collusion. I sure hope none of the looney tunes over at CNN own weapons. Then again maybe that’s not such a bad thing, they’re probably stupid enough to shoot themselves.
It’s CNN would you expect any different? The best propaganda network the government can buy.
WE already have PBS for govt propaganda. So if cnn wants the job, i say fine. ELIMINATE PBS!
“CNN Host: Gun Store Owners Should Ask Customers If They Hear Voices”
My reply with sincerity): “Gosh no, are you? Is this something you want to talk with me about, or
would a professional be better?”
Any reply about being necessary for background check then rates a polite dismissal as not germaine.
After all, mentally ill people would never think to lie?
I’d tell the store owner…”yes I hear your voice and I’d like it to shut the “f” up!!!!
Why blame the store owner? If a law says he has to ask, he has to ask. Or lose his license. Would you ask, or would you just surrender your livelihood?
No response to my question, C2391N. But that’s no surprise.
Reminds me of the time I had to take a lie detector test as part of a pre-employment process. The examiner asked if I had ever had a polygraph before; I replied “No”. He said, “Are you sure?” I answered, “Have I ever lied to you before?”
WHERE did you work at you needed a lie detector test, as part of the application process??
We know for sure that CNN hears the voice of Karl Marx.
99.9% of liberals seem to hear his voice, and FOLLOW his every command,