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In reply to the discussion: Mentally ill people.. [View all]snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)4. Yes, yes, yes! nt
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Presumption of innocence. I presume you are sane, since there is no evidence you are not.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#120
I'll look for those. So far I've read accounts of her by friends in the neighborhood...
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#121
Corporate Profits Come Easier When Based On Fear Than Compassion And Assistance
cantbeserious
Dec 2012
#5
I can't understand why Lanza's mother would keep all those guns in the house when
valerief
Dec 2012
#8
I'm going to take a wild leap here and speculate that she thought she had secured them adequately
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#11
There is no information here that indicates that she was going around armed, or that the vest...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#19
I'm sorry John2, you seem confused. It's well established that the guns belonged to her.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#51
I just heard that too. I've taught many people to shoot, but I know a few people who I would not...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#74
Thanks for the kind word John2. I regard myself as a "white hat" gun owner.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#94
According to some accounts, she took him to the firing range quite regularly where they both
mbperrin
Dec 2012
#99
I don't understand why these people don't leave such weapons AT THE FIRING RANGE.
valerief
Dec 2012
#111
Because for too many, these guns are parts of their identity, their very bodies.
mbperrin
Dec 2012
#112
Why can't they just have a simple foot fetish instead of a gun fetish if they need a damn fetish?
valerief
Dec 2012
#113
Ideally lifelong commitment to a facility like when a criminal is adjudicated
no_hypocrisy
Dec 2012
#59
I don't think they commit anyone "life long" until after a heinous criminal act- the usual is to
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#81
From what I have heard - the mother owned the guns. Apparently they were easilly accessible.
geckosfeet
Dec 2012
#16
how about everybody gets to have the guns that were current at the time of the 2nd amendment
renate
Dec 2012
#115
I think an act of mass murder is ipso facto proof that a person has some form of mental illness
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#22
I don't dispute that there are some paranoid people who buy guns for weird reasons out there
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#95
Now you are suggesting that the killer's mother, a victim, was mentally ill because she owned guns
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#42
My solution is very simple. I keep all firearms securely locked up in a big, sturdy safe.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#29
I presented a rational, sane, realistic, workable idea here, and you've attempted to trash it
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#60
I'm trying to determine why you denied that I presented a constructive idea
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#97
Mandatory safe storage is a good idea, but how many can afford an expensive safe?
kwassa
Dec 2012
#101
That's why I think there should be some kind of tax incentive for people who buy robust safes
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#102
You have made a good decision. I know several people with depression who have done the same.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#44
The problem is diagnosing the illness. Most mentally ill persons show no outward signs. My brother
jwirr
Dec 2012
#41
I think indications are that the murderer in this case was in fact diagnosed with a personality...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#46
That's a very big problem, and people generally have a right to refuse treatment
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#57
as have I. when you see such ignorance about it here, it gets easier to understand
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#98
Are you saying you advocate forcing mentally ill people to carry special ID cards
Jamastiene
Dec 2012
#93
I did not say that and I would not. I was pointing out that there is not way to identify anyone
jwirr
Dec 2012
#105
Reagan threw them all out of the institutions onto the street. Insurance won't pay, or I
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#86
I take it you think all mentally ill people are violent and all mass shooters
Jamastiene
Dec 2012
#89
mentally ill covers a large spectrum. someone with anxiety disorder or ADHD probably not shooting up
dionysus
Dec 2012
#110
The people in GD who are making these absolutist, draconian, ignorant decistions for all
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#123