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36. I think mental illness is a societal disease

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Mon Aug 11, 2025, 06:56 PM

Aug 2025

kind of hard to avoid it when nothing is real

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I live in North Austin. there was a mass shooting at my neighborhood target. [View all] Javaman Aug 2025 OP

Every effin day of the week malaise Aug 2025 #1

me too! mahina Aug 2025 #90

Do you own a gun? TnDem Aug 2025 #2

What the ever loving fuck edhopper Aug 2025 #3

Simple question, that's all TnDem Aug 2025 #4

Let's say hypothetically the answer is yes... sarisataka Aug 2025 #5

A person needs to understand the issue TnDem Aug 2025 #11

Would that same standard apply to automobile homicides? Torchlight Aug 2025 #17

Not so much TnDem Aug 2025 #21

So do you think whether someone owns a gun or not defines their right to thoughts on mass shootings? mahina Aug 2025 #26

Bingo! StarryNite Aug 2025 #32

No, but not understanding the subject whatsoever TnDem Aug 2025 #42

But how could you possibly know what point they want to articulate based on whether they own a gun or not? mahina Aug 2025 #46

We all have opinions and we should TnDem Aug 2025 #49

Ok. But what does the word "rational" mean? mahina Aug 2025 #52

Rational means NOT EMOTIONAL TnDem Aug 2025 #55

Cool I learned a new word, hoplophobia. Irrational fear of firearms. But they are the leading cause of death mahina Aug 2025 #84

I'm glad you asked TnDem Aug 2025 #87

I read you on this specific point and agree. mahina Aug 2025 #92

All opinions are not equal Cirsium Aug 2025 #59

Good job on the cut and paste TnDem Aug 2025 #65

If not able to define the term ʻrationalʻ here then mahina Aug 2025 #54

I just did TnDem Aug 2025 #56

Well... Cirsium Aug 2025 #68

Fair. So, mahina Aug 2025 #71

NIH to tell me that my gun is more dangerous to me than an intruder? TnDem Aug 2025 #86

Well it sure is a pity that people donʻt understand what research is and how it is published. mahina Aug 2025 #89

I see, the old "When did you stop beating your wife" trick TnDem Aug 2025 #94

Do you. I couldn't give a rats. mahina Aug 2025 #95

In other words, rather than evidence, you rely on emotion. iemanja Aug 2025 #108

BOOM! MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #109

Also that is not what the study said at all. You are conflating the data and my post. mahina Aug 2025 #93

Without looking, that sounds correct TnDem Aug 2025 #96

Yes, people are concentrated in urban areas. No, it is not gang violence. mahina Aug 2025 #97

More humans and more gang concentration TnDem Aug 2025 #99

Incorrect Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #114

I'm so emotional Cirsium Aug 2025 #51

That is an absolutely rediculous statement quakerboy Aug 2025 #67

Your assumption about vehicles is incorrect Grolph_ Aug 2025 #103

Being emotional about the loss of life? iemanja Aug 2025 #107

The issue Cirsium Aug 2025 #58

Except that's not the issue TnDem Aug 2025 #83

That is the issue Cirsium Aug 2025 #101

To be clear. Is it your position non-gun lovers don't understand the issues? TomSlick Aug 2025 #70

I think you bring up an excellent question mahina Aug 2025 #80

What are most uninformed about? The law both state and federal to start.. TnDem Aug 2025 #81

It's not "gun lovers", it is.. TnDem Aug 2025 #88

I am a lawyer. I understand the laws and legal terms. TomSlick Aug 2025 #104

So what's your specific MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #110

But you did not ask if they know about guns edhopper Aug 2025 #100

If you own a gun, you know more about mass murder? iemanja Aug 2025 #106

It's a fucking loaded question edhopper Aug 2025 #6

No agenda here...Again TnDem Aug 2025 #9

So why does it matter if the OP edhopper Aug 2025 #10

Understanding the subject matter TnDem Aug 2025 #12

So someone cannot understand the 2nd Amendment edhopper Aug 2025 #14

It makes it a lot easier to discuss TnDem Aug 2025 #16

That's Quite An Obtuse Position ProfessorGAC Aug 2025 #19

I'm glad you are a Maestro TnDem Aug 2025 #22

That Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #20

No, because nearly everyone can drive a car TnDem Aug 2025 #24

The subject is not what you insist it is Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #25

Sure they do TnDem Aug 2025 #43

Which issue? Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #60

One question at a time TnDem Aug 2025 #62

And the point you've been trying surreptitiously since your initial post Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #69

That is where you are incorrect TnDem Aug 2025 #91

You First MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #111

brah mahina Aug 2025 #28

Why ask a question like that? bif Aug 2025 #7

Curious, why the anger? TnDem Aug 2025 #8

Where do you see anger? Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #23

What in the post denotes anger to you? mahina Aug 2025 #72

Well, immediately getting perplexed TnDem Aug 2025 #76

The thing is that with no further context it came of strongly smelling of an ad hominem attack. mahina Aug 2025 #79

Ad hominem attack? TnDem Aug 2025 #82

Perhaps share some context next time unless you really enjoy scrapping mahina Aug 2025 #85

No one is perplexed. H2O Man Aug 2025 #112

Oh I see what you are trying to do. Javaman Aug 2025 #30

It's the one at I-35 and Anderson? ananda Aug 2025 #13

I posted an article in the Texas Group from the Austin American-Statesman TexasTowelie Aug 2025 #15

There are 400 million guns in the US TnDem Aug 2025 #18

Somewhat bewildered here. cachukis Aug 2025 #33

I can tell you many ways that they get them... TnDem Aug 2025 #57

I think he posed a quick caveat as to how some one cachukis Aug 2025 #61

You are conflating two issues TnDem Aug 2025 #63

How the firearm works has what? to do with the cachukis Aug 2025 #74

You mean the acquisition BY a mentally ill person? TnDem Aug 2025 #98

In a nutshell, do the mechanics of gun function cachukis Aug 2025 #102

Yes, by all means... TnDem Aug 2025 #105

Too easy, in my opinion. I think our infatuation with guns is strange. walkingman Aug 2025 #34

Because specific definitions matter TnDem Aug 2025 #44

I totally understand your viewpoint - it is what I call an "ammosexual" and walkingman Aug 2025 #50

I prefer the term Elmer Keith coined TnDem Aug 2025 #53

I own firearms...... jackcrow2001 Aug 2025 #38

One problem with that... TnDem Aug 2025 #41

No argument there. mahina Aug 2025 #73

Watch and see if they say Figarosmom Aug 2025 #27

Correct TnDem Aug 2025 #64

Bang! Bang! Bang! MrWowWow Aug 2025 #29

Terrible. Sorry to hear this. electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #31

to repukes, it's never the guns, it's mental illness Skittles Aug 2025 #35

I think mental illness is a societal disease stillcool Aug 2025 #36

Fascinating. When I put tndem on full ignore this discussion went from 32 replies to 5. erronis Aug 2025 #37

Too bad you can't see this then TnDem Aug 2025 #48

Does mental issues mean the shooter was a RWNJ? GreenWave Aug 2025 #39

Who knows...Possibly? TnDem Aug 2025 #47

What's Next? Billsdaughter Aug 2025 #75

No, reading your post helped with that TnDem Aug 2025 #77

I didn't see that particular shooting, there's just too many to choose from anymore. groundloop Aug 2025 #40

Is Trump sending National Guard to every Target? Emile Aug 2025 #45

Or let's even narrow that down - Is he sending troops to Texas?? Marie Marie Aug 2025 #66

Texas has had its share. I'm sorry that it happened. hamsterjill Aug 2025 #78

Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2025 #113