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In reply to the discussion: MENTALLY ILL MENTALLY ILL MENTALLY ILL [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)4. If suicides are going to be used as a justification for gun control
and suicides are over half of all gun deaths, then mental health has to be a big part of the discussion.
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The desire to purchase a hand gun or assault weapon is a clear indication of mental illness
bowens43
Jan 2013
#8
Nothing that tax cuts for the rich, entitlement cuts for the poor and another war or two won't fix
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#13
Gun control should include mandatory mental health exams for ALL gun owners. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Jan 2013
#18
A little fear, a dash of ignorance, some cherry-picking--shake: mentally ill are the problem.
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#20
If law-abiding, peaceful gun owners were treated the same as the mentally ill are currently treated
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2013
#21
Right, statistically you're much safer without a gun yet and people buy them for "protection"
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#43
It comes from his statement that tens of millions of otherwise peaceful people
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2013
#48
So those who aren't mentally ill are treated as mentally ill while the mentally ill
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2013
#54
If you're a danger to yourself and others? Yes. Absolutely. If you're enough of a danger
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2013
#64
I didn't get to hear the President but the argument you are making makes no sense.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2013
#78
Specifically, how would you make it more difficult for the mentally ill to purchase guns?
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#26
How about we make it easier for the authorities to treat the mentally ill.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2013
#29
Those costs are largely hidden from the public, distributed around in a lot of different ways
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#71
It's really odd that the unconditioned risk gets invokedfor gun owners but not the mentally ill.
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#41
Back to the problem of how to identify the undiagnosed potential mass murderers
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#56
The only commonality to ALL mass shootings was/is easy access to guns. Period.
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#58
The fact that they don't know the difference between Mental Health & Mental Illness prooves it.
patrice
Jan 2013
#36
Good point! Are FAMILIES going to be prevented from getting help, so that gun owners can play
patrice
Jan 2013
#35
That's REALLY a dangerous meme. Who says who is mentally ill, how, and why? Talk about FASCISM!!!
patrice
Jan 2013
#33
NY is proposing a state database for people with mental health issues, gun owners or not.
hack89
Jan 2013
#60
Blame Big Pharma, not the mentally ill, the FDA is not doing their job
Follow The Money
Jan 2013
#61
The Republicans are demanding Scarlet-Lettering of anyone with even a minor mental illness.
backscatter712
Jan 2013
#79
I have come to the conclusion after reading thousands of comments on this debate that....
Kalidurga
Jan 2013
#82
Joined by President Obama...a whole lot of his planned executive orders are aimed at mental illness.
dkf
Jan 2013
#83