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abelenkpe

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12. Anything to avoid gun regulations. Nt

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri May 20, 2016, 06:40 PM

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Most mass shooters aren’t mentally ill. So why push better treatment as the answer? [View all] KamaAina May 2016 OP

Because enlightenment May 2016 #1

It is a sickness the amount of guns we have. Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #2

Exactly.. the mental illness lies in our obsession with guns hlthe2b May 2016 #3

Precisely malaise May 2016 #5

Bingo. MH1 May 2016 #9

Because god forbid you take his gun off him. Gomez163 May 2016 #4

A fair number are. HooptieWagon May 2016 #6

Without meaning to argue Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2016 #7

What you are saying is that everyone who kills someone jwirr May 2016 #10

No, shooting in the heat of the moment only means losing your temper...nt joeybee12 May 2016 #11

How many of the spree killers were acting on impulse versus those who planned? Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #32

It is an indication of anger. People become violent because they are angry. N/t gollygee May 2016 #23

Treatment requires professional evaluation. Hortensis May 2016 #8

Anything to avoid gun regulations. Nt abelenkpe May 2016 #12

MORE gun regulations, you mean. beevul May 2016 #25

It depends on how you define "mentally ill" davidn3600 May 2016 #13

Maybe a person sarisataka May 2016 #14

Sociopathy is a form of mental illness but... Buttons3345 May 2016 #20

it's not "not everyone" fizzgig May 2016 #22

Most people who kill do so because they care too much, not because they don't care at all. gollygee May 2016 #24

Maybe they had undiagnosed mental problems TrappedInUtah May 2016 #15

IDK, there seems to be a common denominator StarTrombone May 2016 #16

Yup. They all have eyes. Igel May 2016 #17

It's kind of like Bill Frist diagnosing Terri Schaivo from a video mythology May 2016 #19

But most of them ARE mentally ill - depression, etc. Yo_Mama May 2016 #18

Mental illness isn't even associated with criminal violence unless substance abuse is also involved. Kang Colby May 2016 #21

Shame of you for speaking the truth! pablo_marmol May 2016 #28

It's two different issues, although lots of people are happy to conflate the two. SheilaT May 2016 #26

Many are psychopaths who should be in the system for a personality applegrove May 2016 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy May 2016 #29

The stupid headline doesn't even match what the article says Lee-Lee May 2016 #30

Given the number who have been taken out or killed themselves... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #31

Because gun humpers need to protect their precious. Squinch May 2016 #33

Just convert them all to Islam, everyone knows violent Muslims are never mentally ill ck4829 May 2016 #34

Because it allows gun advocates to deflect attention from their murder toys Orrex May 2016 #35