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MyNameGoesHere

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25. Not at all.

Reply to Neoma (Reply #23)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:25 PM

Jan 2013

You have admitted to having a mental illness, now I think the next step is to have that information registered. We let people drive that pass an eye test, we don't let blind people drive. Are you suggesting that is bigotry? I think it is a safety of the public issue. I have statistics on my side, mass shootings are committed by persons with mental illness overwhelmingly. Want a gun? Then get tested, get registered, and be prepared to be monitored. Your mental illness, while not your fault, does not trump public safety.

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That is a ridiculous statement. nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #14

Of course it isn't. MyNameGoesHere Jan 2013 #15

That singles out mentally ill people, and it is called ableism. Neoma Jan 2013 #17

That's just the idea: keep the guns out of the hands of sickos psychopomp Jan 2013 #21

And you know that every violent psychopath is mentally ill because...? Neoma Jan 2013 #24

Nope. MyNameGoesHere Jan 2013 #22

I am mentally ill. Neoma Jan 2013 #23

Not at all. MyNameGoesHere Jan 2013 #25

It's bigoted to single out all of the mentally ill as violent psychopaths. Neoma Jan 2013 #27

Wow, what a sick and disgusting thing to suggest. Denninmi Jan 2013 #29

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It just would've been done Alamuti Lotus Jan 2013 #20

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