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    2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

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    It makes you wonder how they produce so many good footballers with a smaller population and weaker league system than Greece

    I know this topic has been beaten to death already many times but we really lack a youth academy and grass roots development system in our country.

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    2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

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    9 hours ago, Alphonse said:

    Please stop with that stuff man.

    I take it you are talking to me? How about you 'stop it with that stuff'

    Regarding our team, as bad as we were, we have a better squad than i think about 1/3 of the qualified teams if not more.

    2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

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    So just to put our WC 2018 qualifying campaign in perspective,

    We were edged out of a spot in the tournament by Belgium (a semi finalist and possibly more) and Croatia (1/4 final and more)

    We had a tough path!! 

    Maybe we weren't as bad as we thought

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    SL–R25: PAOK - AEK (11 Mar 18, 19:30 EET)

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    Yeah I also don't think the gun is a big deal.

    He should not have had it in the stadium, but i think it is not directly involved with this incident.

     

    For instance i don't think the gun and him storming onto the field are related.

     

    However he will get strong penalties for having a gun on a football pitch rightfully so.

    Another Mass Shooting in the US

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    44 minutes ago, BostonThanatos said:

    What about if you are currently a gun owner and are too scared to talk to your doctor about some recent depression or anxiety, because you know that they have the power to take your permit away?  You'll have guys going untreated for conditions that could have been addressed with therapy or medication.

    Sorry i forgot to address this point, in my opinion the most important one you made.

    This question is more personal to me, as i have a brother-in-law who is a Marine Corp retired veteran, gun owner/enthusiast and also diagnosed with mental health issues (related to his tenure in the military)

    he is on anti psychotic drugs, and i have personally on several occasions seen him become physically violent with family members.
     

    I believe he is not mentally healthy enough to own guns. I don't want to get deeper into my thoughts about him and his capabilities but i think he is a danger to himself primarily and then to others potentially.

     

    I don't know what to do about his case. He would never give up his guns (well, not by choice anyways)

    Another Mass Shooting in the US

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    "anti-gun doctor?  Who doesn't believe anyone should have a gun"

    If a doctor is anti gun he wouldn't have applied for the government licence to issue official mental health checks. Since he doesn't want to hand them out anyways. The free market solves this., Doctors willing to abide by the laws will apply for the license. So in this way it leans towards more people owning guns than less.

    "Who appoints which doctors are "certified" to issue these certificates?"

    The Gov't. Sort of like how the Gov't assigned DMV's to issue drivers licenses. We are in the weeds at this point. Things like this will change until the legislation is enforced correctly. Trial and error.

    "Some towns won't issue to anyone for any reason, others will issue to whoever"

    If the requirements are met, then the license is issued. If the requirements are not met and the license is issued by the state or county even though the registered doc says that he has a history of violence, mental health issues, or anything else, and, say, he shoots someone, the person who overturned the doctors recommendation of not allowing them to get a gun license needs to be prosecuted for not obeying the law. This will only happen once until Chief of Police start doing what is right.

    they implemented a mental health check to this process, and 2 years later a guy who passed that requirement goes on a spree? Then what?

    I have an alternate crystal ball outcome than yours. They implements health checks and 2 years later spree shootings in the USA are down by 50%. Sure some still happen, but 200 less people are killed in mass shootings, and other non mass shootings.

     

    Don't focus on the exception. Focus on the progress. if we stop 2 out of 10 mass shootings, it is NOT a failure. It is a huge success. 

    Another Mass Shooting in the US

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    I agree with everything you said. OK so the problem is not necessarily the law itself, it is the enforcing of the law. This is easier to fix since you don't have to pass a bill to fix this.

    In the early 2000's the DNA databases of all the police districts were not centralized so if you wanted to check the DNA of a murderer against other databases you had to log into every one in the USA and submit it manually all with different parameters and settings/standards. It was tedious and many criminals were off the hook for a long time till they finally found the correct database, sometimes they just were never found at all. THEN they consolidated the databases into one and all these crimes were solved. One place to compare DNA. One result.

    Do the same for registered gun owners. Show me your drivers licence and birth certificate and SSN. Type it into the computer database. OK you are not registered, you need a health certificate from a certified doctor. Once you get that you can get a gun licence, be added into the system and buy the gun. Problem fixed. Oh you say a gun shop didn't follow protocol? Fine them and/or close down the store.

     

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