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In reply to the discussion: Connecticut Shooter Adam Lanza: 'Obviously Not Well' [View all]renie408
(9,854 posts)13. I would imagine the first step would be to stop calling those with mental health issues 'nuts'.
Then the next step would be to quit being big babies about having to give up our toys and start enacting some intelligent gun control. When people can admit that they don't actually NEED a gun that shoots a hundred rounds a minute for anything other than an ego booster and that blaming the mentally ill is cheap and easy, then I think we just might be on our way to figuring this whole thing out.
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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
Maybe she didn't buy those guns for him. They were hers; maybe she inherited them.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#6
So maybe she bought them for herself. Why would anyone think she bought them for him?
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#20
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
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
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 can't "de-stigmitize" through further stigmatization. Though your intent is noble. n/t
Cetacea
Dec 2012
#15