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Honeycombe8

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14. Who says mental illness is the cause of gun violence? LaPierre? nt

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So if mental illness is the cause of gun violence, [View all] mykpart Jan 2013 OP

The answer is ... GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #1

That is the standard NRA answer. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #2

Really? Another respected DU poster said "yet the NRA are utterly silent." Please see #19. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #29

Utterly SILENT? liberal N proud Jan 2013 #34

Interesting, do you have a link to a "mental health screen" that experts agree is a credible jody Jan 2013 #3

The NRA must believe that all of them are credible Care Acutely Jan 2013 #6

Include Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston and Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City, cochairmen jody Jan 2013 #8

right after we start a national gun database... spanone Jan 2013 #10

We already have NICS. What additional data do you propose be added to it? nt jody Jan 2013 #11

What would that do other than waste money? Undismayed Jan 2013 #44

Is it going to take an increase in suicide rates to convince people this is a bad idea? loyalsister Jan 2013 #31

loyalsister agree 100%. Too much hysteria and little intelligent thought given toward preventing jody Jan 2013 #36

Can't speak for the NRA, but... Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #4

Agree people who commit traditional-murder are different from mass-murderers. I oppose grouping all jody Jan 2013 #5

I concur. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #7

Such as? Denninmi Jan 2013 #9

Not my field. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #12

It's generally not psychosis that does it. More likely a personality disorder. Last Stand Jan 2013 #13

Thank you for the information. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #15

Precisely, and the NRA members might be surprised how many among them JDPriestly Jan 2013 #33

Does "willing to reject society's rule" includes those who want to ban all firearms when society's jody Jan 2013 #37

Who says mental illness is the cause of gun violence? LaPierre? nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #14

Michael Moore, for one. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #26

Interesting. But did you know one thing the boys did that one of their moms mentioned? Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #41

LaPierre believes it is mental illness. mykpart Jan 2013 #16

No idea, but it is not by any means the sole cause Hekate Jan 2013 #17

Evil is not in DSM-IV Recursion Jan 2013 #24

If owning a gun makes you safe, B Calm Jan 2013 #18

If banning gun ownership makes people safe, why isn't Chicago the safest city in the nation? AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #28

Because Chicago residents don't B Calm Jan 2013 #43

Do criminals care whether they buy something legally or illegally? Undismayed Jan 2013 #45

Back to my original post, B Calm Jan 2013 #46

U.S. gun deaths since Dec. 14 Newtown shooting: 409 Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #19

Those must have been "traditional murder." Iggo Jan 2013 #32

Then wouldn't tama Jan 2013 #20

More homocides are committed by hammers and clubs than guns BTW undergroundpanther Jan 2013 #21

Rifles, not "guns" in general Recursion Jan 2013 #23

Total murders: 12k, total firearm murders, 8k. 8k is more than half of 12k gollygee Jan 2013 #35

Didn't major in math, did you? Zoeisright Jan 2013 #38

Well, just as a factual point, yes, the NRA does support that Recursion Jan 2013 #22

it's the drugs not the guns or the teenagers mental state green for victory Jan 2013 #25

Michael Moore also thinks that pharmaceuticals are a factor. Please see #26. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #27

Before putting guns in schools let us get the mental health issue handled Thinkingabout Jan 2013 #30

I wouldn't subject anyone to treatment based on diagnosic recommendations by the NRA HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #39

I agree it would not be the NRA suggestion or control, before money is spent Thinkingabout Jan 2013 #40

Considering that over 400 Americans have died from gun violence since Sandy Hook Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #42