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Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 | 2:42 p.m.
Assembly Majority Leader William Horne on Assemblyman Steven Brooks, gun control and taxes. Sen. Ben Kieckhefer on his bill to tighten state restrictions preventing the mentally ill from buying firearms.
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Sen. Ben Kieckhefer sounds more like a democrat on his gun control position. Everyone knows the judicial system in Nevada is corrupt and the studies validate the corruption giving Nevada a D- grade in corruption. Now, giving a corrupt and incompetent judge like say a Carson City justice court judge like John Tatro (who does not have a law degree) authority to take away peoples rights is absurd. Kieckhefer wants to even take the judicial adjudication factor out of the equation to allow a psychiatrist the power to commit a person involuntarily.
In Nevada this proposed ability to disarm people will be exploited politically as it already has. People who are say a political threat to say a judge or other political figures can be disarmed, harassed and wrongfully labeled a "threat" or a person who suffered from a mental health disorder.
Sure, there are real mentally disturbed people who should not posses firearms, drive cars or generally be in public. However, Kieckhefer implies people who have depression should not own a gun. Well, most rape victims suffer from depression and these victims are people that have a right to defend themselves from future attacks. What about drug or alcohol users? Many people take anti-depressants or consume alcohol -- are they considered "mentally ill"? Hell, most judges are heavy drinkers and carry firearms.
Also, the mental health industry makes money from putting people on psychotropic drugs which can cause side effects and actually make people turn violent, thus causing shootings.
We should demand that lawmakers, judges, politicians and law enforcement folks take full blown mental evals and make the information public along with their criminal records (even if sealed) and any firearms they own or have access to.