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MrMickeysMom

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31. Given the number who have been taken out or killed themselves...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Sat May 21, 2016, 07:51 AM

May 2016

... I'm not sure how you can assume that to be the case.

Either way, we've gone outside the boundaries of the Bill of Rights with the way we allow guns to be used.

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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