Inside the suburban home of a terrorist:

[The Guesser]

[h=2]Successfully pushed for an assault weapons ban[/h][FONT=&quot]

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[FONT=&quot]Before the National Rifle Association became what it was today, Reagan worked with them to ban guns. Specifically, automatic weapons: civilians were legally allowed to own fully automatic rifles until 1986, when Reagan signed the Firearm Owners’ Protection Act banning them. After his Presidency, Reagan backed the Brady gun law establishing many of the major restrictions on gun purchases today. His support for the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban pushed the ban to its two vote margin of victory — according to two of the Congressmen who made the difference.[/FONT]

 

[SheriffJoe]

The 1994 Assault Weapon Ban was a totally misguided predictable failure and did nothing - repeat, NOTHING! - to stop Columbine, but do not despair.

Liberalism is all about feel-goodism, so keep telling yourselves you are one law away from Utopia and that your government is smart enough to protect you from those evil NRA gun nuts who mean you harm.

Did someone say gun control? Oh yes! The theory that becoming a victim is somehow morally superior to defending yourself and your family. Makes perfect sense.

:hahahahah

 

[SheriffJoe]

Poor Hussein, his Muslim buddies in Paris totally ruined some of his most convincing gun control propaganda:

OOPS!

 

[SheriffJoe]

 

[SheriffJoe]

 

[busterhyman]

libs want to ban ''assault weapons''-then it will be this type of gun-then that type of gun.so in about 10 years-no guns at all. they think -their so smart

 

[SheriffJoe]

Wait...did I just hear Crooked Hillary scream tougher background checks on the campaign trail? That would help, wouldn't it?

Well, no. Would not have even prevented the Newton Massacre. Adam Lanza, the disturbed shooter, stole his guns from his mother, who passed every background check necessary. I already mentioned Columbine....Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold bought their guns off a third person, not requiring a background check.

So much for background checks. What about effective measures like limiting magazines ("The Assault Rifle Ban")?

Well, the Columbine kids had a gun with a "regulated" 10 round detachable magazine... so the kids just bought another 13 magazines to compensate for the imposed limits. Think about it...two kids in high school were smarter than the government bureaucrats who write these stupid laws, just so gullible guessers can "feel safe". Harris fired 96 shots, before killing himself. So much for the government banning "assault rifles" face)(*^%

The truth is, nothing short of a door-to-door Nazi-like national confiscation on firearms from EVERYONE will prevent these mass shootings...and liberals don't EVER want that, right?

Right?????

 

[SheriffJoe]

Remember, stay stupid and vote Democrat!

 

[superbeets]

And I already explained in 10 or so how making it harder to get such a weapon of destruction might have prevented many, if not all, of the deaths, regardless of the insane idiot's ideology. His insanity was the #1 reason for his actions, aided by the ease of acquiring such a weapon, not his Religion. Many American Muslims likely hate gays, some are possibly self hating gay Muslims. None of them until yesterday acted upon those feelings in this way.

Wrong.


You are such an imbecile.

 

[superbeets]

Originally Posted by The Guesser
And I already explained in 10 or so how making it harder to get such a weapon of destruction might have prevented many, if not all, of the deaths, regardless of the insane idiot's ideology. His insanity was the #1 reason for his actions, aided by the ease of acquiring such a weapon, not his Religion. Many American Muslims likely hate gays, some are possibly self hating gay Muslims. None of them until yesterday acted upon those feelings in this way.






Guesser is now a Psychiatrist. :hahahahah





Good job he was shot and killed otherwise you would have been his defence council and pleaded insanity.

 

[The Guesser]

Wait...did I just hear Crooked Hillary scream tougher background checks on the campaign trail? That would help, wouldn't it?

Well, no. Would not have even prevented the Newton Massacre. Adam Lanza, the disturbed shooter, stole his guns from his mother, who passed every background check necessary. I already mentioned Columbine....Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold bought their guns off a third person, not requiring a background check.

So much for background checks. What about effective measures like limiting magazines ("The Assault Rifle Ban")?

Well, the Columbine kids had a gun with a "regulated" 10 round detachable magazine... so the kids just bought another 13 magazines to compensate for the imposed limits. Think about it...two kids in high school were smarter than the government bureaucrats who write these stupid laws, just so gullible guessers can "feel safe". Harris fired 96 shots, before killing himself. So much for the government banning "assault rifles" face)(*^%

The truth is, nothing short of a door-to-door Nazi-like national confiscation on firearms from EVERYONE will prevent these mass shootings...and liberals don't EVER want that, right?

Right?????

An assault Weapons ban, and/or a sensible flagging system, which would have set off alarm bells when a guy with this psycho's background tried to buy an assault weapon, might have prevented, or at least lessened this psycho's onslaught. But you are too stupid/disingenuous to see it and/or acknowledge it. You are close to that psychopath in ideology(self hating gay hates gays) and mental state.

 

[The Guesser]

Originally Posted by The Guesser
And I already explained in 10 or so how making it harder to get such a weapon of destruction might have prevented many, if not all, of the deaths, regardless of the insane idiot's ideology. His insanity was the #1 reason for his actions, aided by the ease of acquiring such a weapon, not his Religion. Many American Muslims likely hate gays, some are possibly self hating gay Muslims. None of them until yesterday acted upon those feelings in this way.






Guesser is now a Psychiatrist. :hahahahah

I'll take the words of his ex wife, and people who knew him, and his insane actions. I don't have to be a psychiatrist to diagnose crazy. That's why I can accurately diagnose a sick no life Brit Twit as being insane.

 

[superbeets]

I'll take the words of his ex wife, and people who knew him, and his insane actions. I don't have to be a psychiatrist to diagnose crazy. That's why I can accurately diagnose a sick no life Brit Twit as being insane.

His wife and people who knew him are Psychiatrists ?.


Why are you so stupid.

 

[SheriffJoe]

An assault Weapons ban, and/or a sensible flagging system, which would have set off alarm bells when a guy with this psycho's background tried to buy an assault weapon, might have prevented, or at least lessened this psycho's onslaught. But you are too stupid/disingenuous to see it and/or acknowledge it. You are close to that psychopath in ideology(self hating gay hates gays) and mental state.

Might have/would have/could have....

IT DIDN'T!

Remember: 96 shots fired at Columbine AFTER your super smart government "banned assault rifles"

Keep drinking the peace-love-and-unicorns progressive Kool-Aid.

 

[superbeets]

United States law

In the United States, variances in the insanity defense between states, and in the federal court system, are attributable to differences with respect to three key issues:
(1) Whether to provide the insanity defense,
(2) how to define "insanity,"
and (3) the burden of proof.


Federal and state availability

In the United States, a criminal defendant may plead insanity in federal court, and in the state courts of every state except for Idaho, Kansas, Montana, and Utah.



Definition

Each state and the federal court system currently uses one of the following "tests" to define insanity for purposes of the insanity defense:



M'Naghten test

The guidelines for the M'Naghten Rules (1843) 10 C & F 200, state, inter alia, and evaluating the criminal responsibility for defendants claiming to be insane were settled in the British courts in the case of Daniel M'Naghten in 1843. M'Naghten was a Scottish woodcutter who killed the secretary to the prime minister, Edward Drummond, in a botched attempt to assassinate the prime minister himself. M'Naghten apparently believed that the prime minister was the architect of the myriad of personal and financial misfortunes that had befallen him[SUP][citation needed][/SUP]. During his trial, nine witnesses testified to the fact that he was insane, and the jury acquitted him[SUP][citation needed][/SUP], finding him "not guilty by reason of insanity."
The House of Lords asked the judges of the common law courts to answer five questions on insanity as a criminal defence,[SUP][30][/SUP][SUP][31][/SUP] and the formulation that emerged from their review—that a defendant should not be held responsible for his actions only if, as a result of his mental disease or defect, he (i) did not know that his act would be wrong; or (ii) did not understand the nature and quality of his actions—became the basis of the law governing legal responsibility in cases of insanity in England. Under the rules, loss of control because of mental illness was no defense[SUP][citation needed][/SUP]. The M'Naghten rule was embraced with almost no modification by American courts and legislatures for more than 100 years, until the mid-20th century. M'Naghten's Case, 8 Eng. Rep. 718 (1843).



Durham/New Hampshire test

The strict M'Naghten standard for the insanity defense was used until the 1950s and the Durham v. United States case. In the Durham case, the court ruled that a defendant is entitled to acquittal if the crime was the product of his mental illness (i.e., crime would not have been committed but for the disease). The test, also called the Product Test, is broader than either the M'Naghten test or the irresistible impulse test. The test has much more lenient guideline for the insanity defense, but it addressed the issue of convicting mentally ill defendants, which was allowed under the M'Naghten Rule. M'Naghten's Case, 8 Eng.Rep. 718 (1843). However, the Durham standard drew much criticism because of its expansive definition of legal insanity.




Model Penal Code test

The Model Penal Code, published by the American Law Institute, provides a standard for legal insanity that serves as a compromise between the strict M'Naghten Rule, the lenient Durham ruling, and the irresistible impulse test. Under the MPC standard, which represents the modern trend, a defendant is not responsible for criminal conduct "if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law." The test thus takes into account both the cognitive and volitional capacity of insanity.



Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984

After the perpetrator of President Reagan's assassination attempt was found not guilty by reason of insanity, Congress passed the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984. Under this act, the burden of proof was shifted from the prosecution to the defense and the standard of evidence in federal trials was increased from a preponderance of evidence toclear and convincing evidence. The ALI test was discarded in favor of a new test that more closely resembled M'Naghten's. Under this new test only perpetrators suffering from severe mental illnesses at the time of the crime could successfully employ the insanity defense. The defendant's ability to control himself or herself was no longer a consideration.
The Act also curbed the scope of expert psychiatric testimony and adopted stricter procedures regarding the hospitalization and release of those who found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Additional reforms have taken place besides the major Insanity Defense Reform Act, including the addition of the GBMI (Guilty but Mentally Ill) option to trial, changes in the burden and/or standard of proof in a trial, changes in the test of insanity or in the entering of the plea all together, various alterations in the trial procedures, and changes in commitment and release procedures after the trial has been complete.



Burden of proof

In a majority of states, the burden is placed on the defendant, who must prove insanity by a preponderance of the evidence.
In a minority of states, the burden is placed on the prosecution, who must prove sanity beyond a reasonable doubt.
In federal court, and in Arizona, the burden is placed on the defendant, who must prove insanity by clear and convincing evidence. See 18 U.S.C.S. Sec. 17(b); see also A.R.S. Sec. 13-502(C).

 

[The Guesser]

His wife and people who knew him are Psychiatrists ?.


Why are you so stupid.

They don't have to be. His actions more than affirmed their observations, and proved he was insane. Their descriptions of his behavior just affirmed it. Why are you such a no life, sick Brit Twit Idiot?

 

[The Guesser]

Might have/would have/could have....

IT DIDN'T!

Remember: 96 shots fired at Columbine AFTER your super smart government "banned assault rifles"

Keep drinking the peace-love-and-unicorns progressive Kool-Aid.

Might have/would have/could have is better than didn't even try, idiot. Since this psycho was easily able to get an assault weapon legally, because of our crazy lack of checks, because of idiots like you, we have 49 dead, and 53 injured in the worst mass shooting in our Country.

 

[superbeets]

And I already explained in 10 or so how making it harder to get such a weapon of destruction might have prevented many, if not all, of the deaths, regardless of the insane idiot's ideology. His insanity was the #1 reason for his actions, aided by the ease of acquiring such a weapon, not his Religion. Many American Muslims likely hate gays, some are possibly self hating gay Muslims. None of them until yesterday acted upon those feelings in this way.

A defendant is entitled to acquittal if the crime was the product of his mental illness (i.e., crime would not have been committed but for the disease).




Guesser you are a imbecile.

 

[superbeets]

Might have/would have/could have is better than didn't even try, idiot. Since this psycho was easily able to get an assault weapon legally, because of our crazy lack of checks, because of idiots like you, we have 49 dead, and 53 injured in the worst mass shooting in our Country.

Guesser the Psychiatrist.

 

[SheriffJoe]

Guesser the Psychiatrist.

Oh noes! He said some "angry stuff"...so lets allow the government to swoop in take away his guns (even though he passed all the security clearances working for a government security contractor).