On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:02:05 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:

> And lo on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:52:00 -0000, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
> 
>> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:58:36 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:
>>
>>> if I give a known
>>> psychotic the means to go on a rampage in the full knowledge that's
>>> what he'll do is it still all his fault?
>>
>> Suppose that psychotic purchased the weapon prior to their break?
>>
>> Or they decided not to take their medications?
> 
> OOC error, but I'll still answer. If it's the case that someone taking
> medicine is safe to own a firearm, but isn't safe if they stop taking
> their medication then the question becomes 'what's the likelihood of
> that happening?'. Think of Asimov's The Naked Sun of the three
> intelligences involved who was the real murderer?

Weapons purchased prior to their diagnosis is what I was talking about.

Jim

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