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struggle4progress

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35. I wish "visibly mentally ill" were a useful category, but it's not:
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 09:34 AM
Feb 2013

the neighbors of dangerously violent wackos are often enough quoted on TV later, saying "he seemed like such a nice person!"

Under the 1968 law... jberryhill Feb 2013 #1
In Ohio, riqster Feb 2013 #2
That gives rise to several questions. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #22
It has to be a current court order riqster Feb 2013 #25
would it show up in a background check? maxsolomon Feb 2013 #3
All of those would just be silly hurdles. harmonicon Feb 2013 #33
You don't see why a schizophrenic should be denied a gun? bitchkitty Feb 2013 #34
Are you to enshrine discrimination against the handicapped in the constitution? harmonicon Feb 2013 #36
You got all that from a question? bitchkitty Feb 2013 #37
Dangerously mentally ill is not the same as mentally ill. harmonicon Feb 2013 #38
Schizophrenics are only marginally more likely than "normal" people to commit a violent crime. Kurska Feb 2013 #4
Some schizophrenics are not well medicated. PADemD Feb 2013 #10
3 stories doesn't counter empirical studies and real research Kurska Feb 2013 #13
Schizophrenia is Greek for "splitting of the mind" happyslug Feb 2013 #19
Very good post well done Kurska Feb 2013 #20
Schizophrenia Samba Feb 2013 #30
It runs in my family, big time, but only to a very limited extent happyslug Feb 2013 #31
Research into mental illness PADemD Feb 2013 #29
Better mental health reporting. Socal31 Feb 2013 #5
And thus many people do NOT go to Doctor for fear they may lose their license happyslug Feb 2013 #21
That reasoning has some merit, but I would need more data on it. Socal31 Feb 2013 #24
But they are still allowed to buy/own a car marshall Feb 2013 #27
Not if you are incompetent happyslug Feb 2013 #32
can a mental illness diagnoses melm00se Feb 2013 #6
No and they're notoriously sketchy. My mother has been diagnosed with numerous psychological Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #9
So those background checks are working out just fine... AllyCat Feb 2013 #7
NY thinks they have a solution with their database of potentially violent people with mental illness hack89 Feb 2013 #8
And an interesting note... bobclark86 Feb 2013 #11
That'll work just fine, I'm sure ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2013 #12
Again, this is already done here in my state with driving. Socal31 Feb 2013 #15
ooohh boy...there's a can of worms. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #26
Some won't but that's no reason not to try. maxsolomon Feb 2013 #14
and then we arrest them for violating the law kurosagi Feb 2013 #18
Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #16
I don't hold an FFL license, but let's say I did... derby378 Feb 2013 #17
When the NRA's WLP says background checks don't work . . . SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2013 #23
$$$$$ HockeyMom Feb 2013 #28
I wish "visibly mentally ill" were a useful category, but it's not: struggle4progress Feb 2013 #35
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