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The Registry of Dangerous Individuals.

Are we safe... emotionally disturbed / mentally ill children have access to all kinds of cutlery and dangerously pointy objects. Every year children and young adults are attacked with knives and pointy objects... some even try to commit suicide with them! Perhaps Rep. Scott Drury can support a registry for emotionally disturbed / mentally ill children, so we can keep knives and other dangerous objects out of their hands. A "Common Sense" approach to getting a handle on the violence that plagues America. Some people want to have all kinds of controls and restrictions on firearms... but what about the people who have proven that they are a danger to themselves and others? It has been these people who have committed these mass attacks on innocent individuals. Now it is amusing how some will clamour that it would violate their Constitutional Rights... but they have no issue with violating the Second Amendment. What good is a "Background Check", if no information is available to check? The Gun will be sold to the violent / dangerous individual... because nobody reported the person to the authorities. The system to prevent a dangerous and mentally unstable individual from obtaining a firearm, is only as good as the information available. The public has a Right to know about those who have mental issues and pose a threat to themselves and others, this is the real issue at the core of violence prevention. But will politicians who have mentally disturbed children ever admit that their child pose's a threat to society? If they do not... they, the Parents should be held accountable for their children's actions. We have a Sex Offender Registry, why not a mentally ill registry? If we are to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill and keep society safe from those who are not mentally / emotionally stable, then we need to have a handle on who those people are. The practice of keeping it all a secret and not allowing anyone to know about the episode of mental breakdown and the violent incident that happened is simply not acceptable anymore. Until our political leaders are willing to get their own house in order and do what is right, nothing will keep us safe from those who have these violent tendencies due to a mental disorder of one kind or another. The drugs used for these disorders are creating people like the Aurora Colorado Theater killer and Adam Lanza and the Columbine killers and on and on. We need to get control of those who are out of control, not Pass all kinds of laws in an attempt to make it possible for the insane to live among us on a daily basis. While some political leaders, like Rep. Scott Drury and Gov. Quinn want more and more gun control, I want the violent mentally ill kept under control. An emotionally disturbed / mentally ill teenager is far more dangerous than anyone can imagine. Look at the results of not taking action against Adam Lanza, Laurie Dann and many many others. How about we shift the focus to a place where it belongs... a Common Sense Reform of our Mental Health System.  Rep. Scott Drury, enough of your gun-control agenda... lets get a handle on the identification and care of the Mentally Ill.    

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