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4. Not just murderers. How about folks who train and strap a gun on before venturing out to the

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 03:57 PM

Apr 2014

the grocery store or Chuck E Cheese?

How about folks like Zimmerman, Dunn, or those who obsess about the most lethal loads, train on targets that resemble humans, talk about clearing a room, practice drawing their weapon, belong to the NRA, use guns for intimidation of others, are really compensating for something, vote based upon gunz, discuss best gun for people fleeing a natural disaster like a hurricane, and worse?

How about someone who covets one of these, or a bunch of these?

If one doesn't want to tag them with "mental illness" (as if it is something awful, which it is not), then at least acknowledge their anti-social behavior.

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Can we say all murderers are mentally ill [View all] npk Apr 2014 OP

including the government sanctioned ones, yes villager Apr 2014 #1

Pretty Much a Stretch, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2014 #2

+1 leftstreet Apr 2014 #5

exactly shanti Apr 2014 #13

Please tell me how to take care of the growing mental illness upaloopa Apr 2014 #3

We need to start by treating our ever growing prison population npk Apr 2014 #7

You can't force someone to seek treatment. upaloopa Apr 2014 #15

You can most certainly force those who been convicted of very violent crimes to treatment npk Apr 2014 #18

I know all that upaloopa Apr 2014 #23

Not just murderers. How about folks who train and strap a gun on before venturing out to the Hoyt Apr 2014 #4

Off topic, but, did you get my pm? wall_dish Apr 2014 #12

Look at the staging of the product shot xfundy Apr 2014 #21

Gun marketeers know what turns gun fanciers on. Ask them if their ad targets are demented. Hoyt Apr 2014 #22

Hah! I thought that too. Sad, isn't it. anneboleyn Apr 2014 #24

That's an idiotic ad. nt Deep13 Apr 2014 #28

No, absolutely not Bjorn Against Apr 2014 #6

Not saying all mentally ill people are killers npk Apr 2014 #9

That is not true. Bjorn Against Apr 2014 #14

No. Not at all. cthulu2016 Apr 2014 #8

OH MY HereSince1628 Apr 2014 #10

Ah, bringing me back to law school MosheFeingold Apr 2014 #11

The brain is an organ. xfundy Apr 2014 #16

'Fraid not. That leaves the vast majority off the hook much too easily. nt Hekate Apr 2014 #17

No, not all murderers are mentally ill. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #19

No. (nt) Glassunion Apr 2014 #20

Nope. The world is full of hunters... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #25

No Go Vols Apr 2014 #26

No. Deep13 Apr 2014 #27

Really? I have a rich and varied fantasy life, it helped me to survive nursing Warpy Apr 2014 #29

People with "hair triggers" are often suffering from a disorder npk Apr 2014 #37

Yeah, keep moving those goalposts! Warpy Apr 2014 #39

Sociopathy is not a mental illness. It is a personality disorder. MoonRiver Apr 2014 #30

Many said no. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #31

Of course not. What about those who are cold, calculating, and greedy, Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #32

They are still suffering from a mental ilness if they put money above a human beign. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #33

I guess if being evil is considered a mental illness, Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #34

How else could you possibly explain it? darkangel218 Apr 2014 #36

You are totally wrong. MoonRiver Apr 2014 #35

I refuse to think thats the norm for my species. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #38

I don't know how old you are, but I was becoming aware of the extent of human depravity by about 40. MoonRiver Apr 2014 #41

No! I am no gun promoter--at all, but the instinct to protect oneself or loved ones hlthe2b Apr 2014 #40

Not for one-off murderers, CFLDem Apr 2014 #42