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cali

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1. As no details at all are provided to back up that claim, it's difficult to conclude... much.

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 03:15 PM

Jun 2016

It's easy to say she was mentally ill and shouldn't have been able to own or possess a gun, but how does that actually work? Had she been involuntarily committed? What was her diagnosis? What could be legislated to have prevented this? Did her husband own gun(s)?

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Texas Mom Who Killed 2 Daughters Had a 'History of Mental Illness,' Authorities Say [View all] Siwsan Jun 2016 OP

As no details at all are provided to back up that claim, it's difficult to conclude... much. cali Jun 2016 #1

I think the quoted authorities are pretty limited as to how much more they can release Siwsan Jun 2016 #3

No, it's not. cali Jun 2016 #5

You're correct, and this reporting doesn't meet standards in the AP style guide HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #13

Being diagnosed as mentally ill and incapacitated as such is a tough job. libdem4life Jun 2016 #2

Mental illness and guns. not a good combination. nt raccoon Jun 2016 #4

i only see evidence of her having been a gun nut JI7 Jun 2016 #6

I think anyone who chases their children out of a house and shoots them, has mental stability issues Siwsan Jun 2016 #7

teens fighting with parents can be really bad. a gun nut who is do obsessed with thdm JI7 Jun 2016 #8

A friend in another state had an emotional breakdown, got her gun, and Ilsa Jun 2016 #9

Every celebrant of our malignant gun culture is thinking "I'm not like her." hunter Jun 2016 #10

So universal background checks could have stopped these murders. MohRokTah Jun 2016 #11

Is that really clear from the evidence in the brief story? HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #12

God, this is tragic. LuvNewcastle Jun 2016 #14