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

[liberal_at_heart]

5. no one is blaming every single mentally ill person but

We do need more attention placed on mental illness. My husband has battled mental illness so I am not just some person who has never met someone with a mental illness. There have been dozens of accounts right here on this board of people who know mentally ill people who are a danger to themselves or others especially before they receive treatment. We cannot ignore that fact. That does not mean that every single mentally ill person is dangerous and no one is even saying that. There are millions of people with mental illness and many are not dangerous. Many seek and receive treatment and voluntarily take their medications. The whole reason we even bring up mental illness is because there are a lot of people who are not getting the help they need and that is when mental illness can become dangerous. What is wrong with demanding our government address and offer more help for the mentally ill? I see nothing wrong with that.