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intheflow

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23. As if alcohol had nothing to do with domestic abuse.

Reply to RegexReader (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 10:06 PM

Dec 2012

And not even be connected with a mental illness.

Of course, that's part of the problem, too. What is considered mental illness in this country, and the fact that we pretend it doesn't exist in someone we know because it hasn't been diagnosed.

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Here comes that same old song and dance again... [View all] Godot51 Dec 2012 OP

Agreed Flatpicker Dec 2012 #1

My wager is RegexReader Dec 2012 #5

You stonecutter357 Dec 2012 #14

Pot! Now that's a stretch. roody Dec 2012 #18

As if alcohol had nothing to do with domestic abuse. intheflow Dec 2012 #23

Excellent post! but controls alone will not work, the root causes will just morph into something patrice Dec 2012 #2

Correction... adieu Dec 2012 #6

I agree. Never discount the value of "small" things. It may be that discounting that has put us here patrice Dec 2012 #11

if this post doesn't hit 200 recs i will need to rethink what this place about tk2kewl Dec 2012 #3

yes it really matters what kind of gun a crazy can get his hands on ginnyinWI Dec 2012 #4

I like the idea that handguns can only be used at a shooting range and must be stored there. Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #7

I'm sure criminals will comply with that law former-republican Dec 2012 #16

Adam Lanza and his mother were not criminals. I'm discussing how to make these guns less accessible Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #19

If Guns Don't Kill People... triplepoint Dec 2012 #8

Good post, brother pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #9

Amen. ellisonz Dec 2012 #10

There are 280 million weapons in this country, how do we get rid of so many guns? secondwind Dec 2012 #12

one at a time tk2kewl Dec 2012 #20

Ain't gonna happen derby378 Dec 2012 #21

i will keep dreaming tk2kewl Dec 2012 #22

Time for a new NRA logo SCVDem Dec 2012 #13

who tests you , a doctor set up by your state or the federal government? former-republican Dec 2012 #15

How many drivers do we have? intheflow Dec 2012 #24

"Is it just because it would have to be someone who has training diagnosing mental illness instead " former-republican Dec 2012 #25

You speak as though education is impossible to come by. intheflow Dec 2012 #26

Same old song . . . OrwellwasRight Dec 2012 #17

But but how can you raise a cow or chicken or vegetables without a Bushmaster? jsr Dec 2012 #27