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32. I am a gun owner and be aware that I have been insulted many times here on DU ...

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:59 PM

Dec 2012

and especially in the last few weeks.

But I am never offended by these insults as I realize that firearms have caused personal tragedy in many lives.

Some may find it hard to believe but the majority of gun owners also want to see gun violence decrease in our nation and would like to the effective improvements to our nation's gun laws.

We might find it far easier to find some common ground if we simply stop insulting each other.

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Could Crazy Wayne be Suffering from a Mental Illness? [View all] samsingh Dec 2012 OP

Really? HappyMe Dec 2012 #1

Perhaps his name, Wayne, is part of his problem LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #2

Note how many are from Texas. louis-t Dec 2012 #4

Maybe it was the most popular middle name in TX? nt LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #8

Hmmmm. louis-t Dec 2012 #35

i've heard of that connection as well. it's weird. samsingh Dec 2012 #22

LaPierre Disease. Hoyt Dec 2012 #3

that he has passed on to become a pandemic samsingh Dec 2012 #31

Wayne is delusional and paranoid. Lint Head Dec 2012 #5

and his articulation of a fortified police state as a model for America samsingh Dec 2012 #30

In the United States, paranoid and delusional is Coyotl Dec 2012 #6

So true libodem Dec 2012 #7

Good one! Denninmi Dec 2012 #20

LOL. Truth in jest. nt laundry_queen Dec 2012 #21

paranoia is a clinical condition that afflicts some personalities samsingh Dec 2012 #23

I'm as anti-gun as they come, but I don't think it's a great idea to assign mental illness Chorophyll Dec 2012 #9

It sort of cheapens and demeans legitimate sufferers of coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #10

Thanks. I appreciate your calling me civilized... Chorophyll Dec 2012 #11

Oh, I can imagine, I think. When it starts to get a bit intense, remember coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #12

Wow. I knew about him, but I didn't know the whole story. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #13

I only stumbled upon Moore's story this holiday season while reading coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #33

Indeed. But thank you for sharing. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #39

People like that don't have enough statues. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #16

WOW! loyalsister Dec 2012 #44

As I wrote upthread, I had never heard of Moore before this holiday weekend, and I coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #50

Same here- particularly disability history loyalsister Dec 2012 #54

I am a gun owner and be aware that I have been insulted many times here on DU ... spin Dec 2012 #32

I believe you, absolutely. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #37

What I fear is that some of those who actually do need counseling ... spin Dec 2012 #42

it was not intended to belittle mental illness at all samsingh Dec 2012 #26

I know it wasn't intended by you and I'm sorry if I gave off those vibes (which were also not coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #36

thanks. samsingh Dec 2012 #45

I don't want.. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #15

And that climate would be the *point* of such a registry, too. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #17

many who suffer are never going to be a threat to anyone samsingh Dec 2012 #27

Yep. "Thundering Asshole" is not, last time I checked, one of the DSM codes. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #18

actually, i'm being sincere in this discussion. he may be suffering from a mental disorder samsingh Dec 2012 #24

i believe its called MEGALOMANIA farminator3000 Dec 2012 #14

He HAS been diagnosed with a "nervous disorder" mainer Dec 2012 #19

wow. so he's either a coward or does suffer from some sort of mentral disorder samsingh Dec 2012 #25

Lots of the wealthy and privileged managed to find ways to avoid the draft ... spin Dec 2012 #34

On cowardice and Vietnam: you had, as I see it, 4-5 choices. You could coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #38

You summed it up nicely. I chose option 2 ... spin Dec 2012 #41

I just did not want you walking around thinking of yourself as a 'coward'. That seems coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #51

my brother chose the marines because they were not going to Vietnam anymore although the draft was riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #52

Well, as that famous militant poet John Milton once wrote, "They also coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #53

Oh dear, the plot thickens... n/t Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #47

More like suffering from 'fear' his gun-maker 'owners' would decommission him, elleng Dec 2012 #28

i think he feels security with a lot of guns and he's used this to make himself rich samsingh Dec 2012 #29

i think he's going to lose his job samsingh Dec 2012 #46

Right. elleng Dec 2012 #49

If we're talking about Wayne, he's winning Recursion Dec 2012 #40

his draft deferment was for nervous disorder KT2000 Dec 2012 #43

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