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harmonicon

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38. Dangerously mentally ill is not the same as mentally ill.
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 10:18 AM
Feb 2013

Most people who commit violent crimes are not mentally ill or at least not diagnosed as such. This focus on mental illness is deflection, pure and simple. Don't fall into the trip of ignoring the real problem which is definitely not mental illness.

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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