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In reply to the discussion: If we don't focus on the mentally ill how are background checks supposed to work? [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)13. FACT: I never said most mentally ill people are violent
In fact, my OP specifically states --
Many also say most mentally ill people are not violent. I believe them but we should acknowledge that the violent ones are.
FACT: I also ID'ed those spree killers who did have a diagnosed history of mental illness.
FACT: I don't watch videos about serious subjects 'splained by people who make their living being unserious.
FACT: Most gun owners aren't violent either. In fact, the vast overwhelming majority of them will never harm an innocent person.
FACT: It's easier to interdict a handful of dangerous individuals who have a history with law enforcement and medical professionals than it is to lay collective blame on 80 million.
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If we don't focus on the mentally ill how are background checks supposed to work? [View all]
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
OP
On the contrary, every time there is a spree killer numerous laws have failed.
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#10
"Good gun-control laws do have an effect on the frequency of gun violence."
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#88
I'm all for regulating guns based on the amount of hot lead that comes out of the barrel per second.
backscatter712
Oct 2015
#68
Kids who accidentally kill other kids with guns are not mentally ill...their Parents are. Not every
kelliekat44
Oct 2015
#45
As someone with a "mental illness" I take powerful meds for, I find your post highly offensive.
hunter
Oct 2015
#8
Because self-defense is a right and the misuse and abuse by others does not abrogate those rights.
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#26
I do not concede. Plenty of Controllers demand people be disarmed up to and including
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#39
No one claims private nuclear bombs are a practical means of self-defense.
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#41
I read it, Ms. Pomposity. I'll still take the obvious meaning of the Constitution (nt)
HERVEPA
Oct 2015
#63
The obvious meaning of the constitution that since the militia supplies its own arms
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#64
Interesting citation. Let's look at it without your dubious lifting it out of context --
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#67
So what you're saying is, by your own rules, if you don't support reinstating Prohibition
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#80
No. No, it's not. You can try to pretend the analogy is not apt but there is no argument you
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#83
Enjoy your gun stuff for the next week. I'm off dancing in a gun-free zone with non-gunners.
HERVEPA
Oct 2015
#94
The Controllers hit bottom years ago when they started cheering violence against gun owners
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#27
Is it the fact some Controllers have violent ideations or my temerity in pointing out the fact?
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#36
Congratulations, you're a sucker for the old NRA right-wing manipulation.
backscatter712
Oct 2015
#11
How does misuse and abuse by one person abrogate the rights of another?
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#25
You can no more keep guns from everyone than you can keep drugs from everyone.
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#35
the Columbine kids got their guns because no backround checks- end straw purchases!
bettyellen
Oct 2015
#30
but they happen more often when they can get away with no paperwork- she would not have done it
bettyellen
Oct 2015
#49
So, returning to the OP. How would UBCs matter unless the mentally ill were ID'ed and
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#51
We can walk and chew gum at the same time. We need more mental health services- and
bettyellen
Oct 2015
#52
You can look a million places for good proposals on gun regulations- why pretend you need me?
bettyellen
Oct 2015
#56
I've seen lots of proposals undet the guise of "common sense" that would have no bearing while
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#59
Japan, which recognizes no RKBA, has a suicide rate that dwarfs our own. People need help
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#77
If only any other country in the world had to deal with mental illness ...
LannyDeVaney
Oct 2015
#85
Mass killings by the dangerously mentally ill don't just happen in America, i.e. Andreas Lubitz
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#86