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I will set aside the idea that transgendered people are mentally ill. Instead I will focus on the even more obvious flaw here, that all people with mental illness are at a similar risk of harming others. That is simply not true. There are over 200 recognized forms of mental illness and their impacts are wide ranging.
Nothing to do with transgendered here. The Army is actually allowing mental illness now.
Sorry- assumed that was a veiled shot at the transgendered issue. My bad. I just read a USA Today Story related to what you are talking about. It is concerning. I hope due dilligence has been done in researching the outcomes and in reviewing the waiver applications.
I am not sure either. People can snap, develop brain tumors or have their first mental health encounter. That said, mental health care is really lagging behind the number of mental health issues we have.
How much does the desensitivization of it play a part. Games such as Call of Duty, Grand theft auto, etc or TV shows such as Criminal Minds or any of the 15 CSI's or NCIS. That doesn't even get into the general lack of respect for other in general every day life.
I'm not sure. It's never affected me and I have played all kinds of games like that and have been watching movies like that well before I was old enough. I think there could be some merit to that idea but I feel that may have something to do with parenting too. I think if movies and games are affecting someone like that then maybe they've already got something wrong with them, otherwise there would be a lot more people like that out there.
Great point. I'm a little too old for CoD and GTA but sure as #### if I don't love throwing barrels at Italian plumbers.
This reminds me that i need to go practice at the range more frequently. There are too many whack jobs out there.
This is such a sad comment, more because it becoming reality than anything :( I really feel terribly for all that are affected.
I was actually being serious, not funny. If it was taken any differently it was not my intention.
OK. Until we fix it let's make it a lot harder for nutcases to get ahold of weapons like the AR-15 etc.
I do, but how do you propose to do so with the current system? We see the results of such efforts now.
Sandy Hook, to me, was the hardest to swallow. How a person could execute all those children, is beyond imagination and just sickens and upsets me emotionally to this day.
Question: has banning anything ever really worked? I heard of Prohibition, where alcohol was illegal and confiscated. I don't think it worked very well.
I posted this in another thread
Honestly, this is such a cliche...do you have a solution that would actually work?
Vans and trucks are much more difficult to acquire. If you are insane you will find a way.
Saving lives is the goal here and no one is suggesting that all lives are ever going to be saved. Taking away one of the deadliest weapons of choice is anything but cliche, it’s something that would actually work
Someone here posted a potential solution in one of these threads. Set a date that will end the sale of automatic weapons. Offer buy back solutions enticing enough for people to sell them back to the government. If you own one, you can keep it and can be passed down through family lines only. No private sales. In time the number of weapons will fade.
How many lives do you think are taken by ar-15's vs other platforms? Enough to put your stake in the ground and make it a policy. My thought is that if you are going make a policy change this large and debated, is this what you are really going to rest your hat on? I disagree. I don't think banning ar-15's makes a bit of difference in these type of events.
Stinky bait.
Do you know anyone that is able to purchase an "automatic" weapon? I seriously doubt it.
Don’t be silly. Of course it does. These people might be stupid in everyday life, but they aren’t stupid about what they are doing when it comes to this. If it didn’t make a difference, they’d be walking in with something else.
a lot of people. It is not that difficult. 
