This blaming those of us mentally ill for your fucking gun problems is getting tiresome.

[Shivering Jemmy]

3. Who's blamed you?

Blaming is saying "Mentally ill people are at fault for this."

I've only seen people saying that the killer likely suffered from some form of mental illness. That isn't blame. It's a statement. It may be factual or may not be.

I've also seen (and agreed with) the argument that people who suffer certain mental illnesses shouldn't own guns for the duration of their mental illness. That is also not blame. It is simply a good idea.

I am mentally ill. I suffer from clinical depression and have for a long time. I am also not a neurotypical. I have Asperger's syndrome, as a cursory read of some of my posts might indicate.

For the former (although not the latter) I don't believe I should be allowed to own a gun. If I'd had a gun last year during the depths of my depression, I may have killed myself. I certainly thought of it often enough. What stopped me from offing myself was the thought of the effect on my children. I can suffer, but they shouldn't have to. So I'm still alive today. But a gun could have sped me on my way before I'd had a chance to think it though.

I don't believe that I, or people like me, should own guns for the duration of their illnesses. That isnt' blame.