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In reply to the discussion: Adam Lanza was crazy. Nancy Lanza was crazy. [View all]renie408
(9,854 posts)Not even Wayne Lapierre said that every person with a mental health diagnosis should be considered violent. But if someone has been in counseling and has been considered by a professional to have violent tendencies, it is in the best interests of society to maybe keep them from owning a gun.
I understand why you are taking this personally, but I really don't hear people saying that EVERYONE with a mental health diagnosis is suspect. Your decision to reveal details about your situation including your meds and diagnosis is just that-- your decision. I think most people here understand that you are not a danger and that 99% of those in mental health treatment are similarly harmless.
I think that at some point a person's offended-ness becomes their responsibility. I could easily become defensive because Lanza is homeschooled and so is my daughter or because he is about the same age as my son or because I was socially awkward as a child.
Or because I was diagnosed very recently with bipolar II. But I don't because I do not relate to Adam or Nancy Lanza. I feel as many do that we need better diagnostic tools (boy, would this diagnosis have come in handy about 20 years ago. I wish I had been getting treatment all along) and better, less stigmatized access to mental health care. AND we need to keep guns out of the hands of people who are a danger to themselves and society.