74 year old Ralph Gilbertsen is without a doubt and interesting situation. I firmly believe that in the United States people should be able to have the opportunity to own guns, even in my own family we have gun in our possession for various reasons. However, even with that belief, I also firmly believe in rules, regulations, and background checks. Guns are only as dangerous as the people who use them and therefore I think background check are without a doubt the most important process of owning a gun. So let’s look at Ralph, a conspiracy theorist who believes in Bigfoot, UFOs, and that the CIA is watching his every move. I’ll admit when reading those things the first comment to pop into my head was “psychological test please” but I moved forward with that because I knew I was being biases because of TV always making conspiracy theorist out to be crazy people.…show more content… At first I dismisses how he believed the CIA was watching him until I read this quote “There are literally hundreds of CIA spies in Richfield alone that harass me…I am certain I will be murdered someday.” When reading that I saw an image of an old man whose only protection due to old age is a gun and him mistaking some action a stranger does as a CIA trying to kill him...I think you can see where I am going with this. Now there is no evidence or proof this will ever happen but; nonetheless, something to consider. At the end of the day I am no expert in the process of obtaining guns, nor will I personally meet Ralph Gilbertsen to make a better call but I do think he should have a psychological test to make sure he isn’t a danger to others. The fact that Hennepin Community Outreach for Psychiatric Emergencies was called on him though, does not help his case. I think the cops did have a valid reason for confiscating his guns however I do think it should have been only temporary until he cleared some type of test then see what happens from
