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FarCenter

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3. He also has a juvenile record with the police

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 10:02 PM

Dec 2012

Fat chance that will be made public.

Of course, that is just the thing that would be needed if you were going to do a gun licensing check. Without access to juvenile crime records, gun checks are useless.

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Connecticut Shooter Adam Lanza: 'Obviously Not Well' [View all] FarCenter Dec 2012 OP

Another troubled family BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #1

Nut control is right. Dismantling the state mental health system Warpy Dec 2012 #2

He also has a juvenile record with the police FarCenter Dec 2012 #3

The "institutions" for the most part were horrendous charnel houses Fumesucker Dec 2012 #4

Some people need a supervised living setting - keeping them in the community is not an answer. FarCenter Dec 2012 #7

America isn't going to spend the money to do mental health care remotely right Fumesucker Dec 2012 #10

+1 n/t LarryNM Dec 2012 #29

I worked in one Warpy Dec 2012 #11

Amen to that, I have a sister who has diagnosed mental problems Trailrider1951 Dec 2012 #14

Yes - I don't know how families with members who are mentally ill do it. Iris Dec 2012 #22

+1000 Cetacea Dec 2012 #28

Maybe she didn't buy those guns for him. They were hers; maybe she inherited them. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #6

She's the one who bought them. Warpy Dec 2012 #8

So maybe she bought them for herself. Why would anyone think she bought them for him? Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #20

Adam Lanza: What We Think We Know About the Apparent Newtown Shooter FarCenter Dec 2012 #9

One of the tv reports said he stole the rifle. It was the two pistols that were owned by his mom.nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #19

ABC local says that his mother owned a Bushmaster rifle + "numerous weapons", FarCenter Dec 2012 #23

Wow. No wonder the guy reached for a gun to vent his issues. He was surrounded by Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #24

I'm all for patients rights. Cetacea Dec 2012 #17

Lobotomies haven't been done for years Warpy Dec 2012 #26

Yes. They found a "cleaner" way of doing it with drugs and ECT. Cetacea Dec 2012 #27

Drugs and ECT are not equivalent to lobotomies. Warpy Dec 2012 #30

Have a series and get back to me. Better yet, do it on national TV with a six month follow-up. Cetacea Dec 2012 #31

Any crank with an opinion can go on TV these days Warpy Dec 2012 #33

Any crank can post here. Cetacea Dec 2012 #34

Ya know, the term "nut job" is a big part of the problem., easttexaslefty Dec 2012 #21

GOOD bye. Warpy Dec 2012 #25

Maybe she tried to stop him. I wonder why she had two guns? (He stole the rifle, I think.) nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #5

We need to step up HappyMe Dec 2012 #12

We can't "de-stigmitize" through further stigmatization. Though your intent is noble. n/t Cetacea Dec 2012 #15

I would imagine the first step would be to stop calling those with mental health issues 'nuts'. renie408 Dec 2012 #13

Yup. It's really as bad, perhaps worse, than the "n" word. Cetacea Dec 2012 #16

"Nuts" has been used a lot today. FarCenter Dec 2012 #18

He was on medication FarCenter Dec 2012 #32