I don't think he thought that one through very well.

Maybe there should be an anonymous line family and friends could report suspicious people.

You are too funny....and correct. He is exposing himself for the ideologue he is. I knew the NRA were gun nuts...he takes it to a whole new level.

...except I don't think he and I are talking about the same people.

LOL.

I am (for a moment) sure he is refering to Gun Nuts ... then the sad realization comes

He got out of the draft to go to Vietnam by claiming he had a nervous disorder.

Questions that should have asked:

1. Does an armed guard stand a better chance against a 8 round or a 30 round magazine (or 100 round)
2. Gregory should have shown visuals of a 12 gauge Saiga with a 20 round drum and say does this make sense, and how he would as a CCW approach such a threat.
3. Would Lanza's mother have had 30 round magazines sitting around if they were illegal?
4. How would a registry picked up Lanza?
5. What does the registry mean if it is not checked against gun purchases (he plans to do nothing about the 40%)?
6. What would be his standard for committal?

He's helping LaPierre to come off as his "true self."

Now LaPierre is calling mentally ill people "monsters walking the streets."

My first statement was too harsh, and I retract it. I was just frustrated that he had the opportunity for so much more.

It reminded me of the younger David Gregory, the guy that would piss off Dubya by asking the French President a question...in French!

http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/18/how-the-nra-used-the-worst-mass-shooting-in-u-s-history-to-help-arm-the-mentally-ill/

... Back in 2007, after what is still the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, Washington needed to act. And so Congress passed The NCIS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. The law requires all states to submit mental health records to national databases maintained by the FBI; in return Uncle Sam would pony up the cash to make this thing work.

You wouldn’t think reformists would need to make a deal with the devil to get this done. But argue the NRA did, and so the reformists had to make a deal. The NRA said, essentially, it wouldn’t oppose any deal…PROVIDED the bill did two main things.

The first, was to more narrowly define who could be considered a “mental defective” (and, yes, that’s the bill’s language). Under the Gun Control Act of 1968, once you were banned, that was it: No more guns. With the new bill, loopholes were created. Now, a person could be granted his right to bear arms again were he, for instance, “rehabilitated through any procedure available under law”—which could mean just about anything.

The second was something called a “Relief from Disabilities” program. This is the mechanism by which the mentally ill can re-establish their mental health bona- fides to buy guns again. ....

A good place to start would be with the NRA membership list.

LaPierre is flailing about, doubling down and doing his organization no favors.

He's coming off poorly, and Gregory is being very polite, but he's holding his feet to the fire.

It's the NRA mailing list.

privacy rights under HIPAA laws and due process guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.