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pipoman

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13. RKBA doesn't need a defense...it is a civil liberty..
Sat Jul 21, 2012, 10:58 PM
Jul 2012

the truth is the truth in this case. Work place killings and mass killings have been around a long time...forever...it wasn't until elimination of publicly funded mental health services for anyone who needed them that we have seen the frequency. The one common thread for these guys is family and acquaintances knew of a mental problem but couldn't get treatment for the person. This should be a right...that is, access to needed medical attention.

Raygun's war on drugs is a dismal failure, yet billions is spent on it every year. If that failure were acknowledged and drugs decriminalized in the way of Portugal and using that money would go a long way toward paying for mental health and addiction services for anyone who needs them.

Nuts will always kill people, drunks will always kill people, ATVs will always kill people, high school football...you get the idea. We know that freedom isn't always safe and it never will be.

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