Lets go through what you posted and I'll answer in bold:
-What do you think should be included in bg checks ? Criminal records? Ok sure. Medical records? All or just mental health records if any? Thought it should be obvious that it would be mental health records.
-What a neighbor thinks of me? Wether its an opinion or feeling? Maybe what an employer who you walked out on thinks?Maybe something you’ve said in the past? Acted on or not? Yep, if both my neighbour and former employer say I have shown uncontrollable rage and threatened people, maybe I shouldn't have access to certain firearms. If I have acted on threats I have made in the past, I shouldn't have access to certain firearms for sure.
-What are the virtuous standards/qualifications to own a single shot.22 that i cant find or afford bullets for in your proposed paradise. What are the disqualifiers? Mental illness? Violence? Spoken or actual? Seems to me everyone could be found to be unqualified for something. If you don't believe that someone with a history of mental illness and threatens and/or actually commits acts of violence against others should not be able to posses certain firearms, what would be reasonable in your opinion?
-Why do it slow over time? Why keep alienating and stripping half the country of what they own until people lose their shit and commit horrible acts? So your answer is to just let anyone do anything because they may throw a temper tantrum?
-How long will it take? As long as it takes, have to start somewhere.
-How many people in the meantime? Why don’t they just do it big and get it over once and for all? Roger explained that pretty well
-Dems got the ball right? Proves your not interested in discussion, trying to prevent mass shootings shouldn't be a partisan issue.
Go ahead and play the victim now, the fact that I will need to argue that someone convicted of a mass shooting should not have access to certain firearms reflects more on the person I am debating with.
I’ll answer numerically
#1- Of course a mentally ill person shouldn’t have access but its not obvious at all it will only be mental health records or stay that way
#2- i think leaving it up to a neighbor or boss or both should have the ability to make a claim without proving it in a courtroom. I still believe in innocent until proven guilty . So a neighbor and you dont get along idk property line dispute. Just has to say i have anger issues? Sorry i need more than that. A boss that you didn’t get along with gets a call a has a chance for the last fuck you? Just like that? People never hold grudges or are just DHs
Of course someone who acted and convicted shouldn’t. Any in my opinion not just certain. I never said they shouldn’t be barred.
#3- i do believe those people shouldn’t be allowed to own or possess any. However I believe threats need to be proven. Thats not usually that hard if it’s legit. Maybe they need to improve acting on threats . No definitely.
#4- not sure hiw you derived that? I asked why wait to ban this, stop making that etc over decades instead of not just going for the goal now in major federal and state action
#5-agree gotta start somewhere but it was started along time ago and here we are. Sorta like the war on drugs. I’ll go back and read rogs post , I actually like them.
Why does that prove im not interested in discussion? Isn’t that what we’re doing?
#6- I don’t play victim. It’s a little odd to me actually
that you consider this an argument while accusing me of playing the victim. Also could you quote the post where I said something even remotely close to having a personal belief that a person who committed a mass shooting should have access to guns? Thanks
Oh I apologize that some many of my answers contain questions but holy shit