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Anyone who is suspected of having a mental illness, or is being treated for one, should not be allowed to purchase a gun.
According to statistics one out of four Americans has been treated for some kind of 'mental illness' as you put it. And another two out of four could benefit from psychiatric treament. So basically you're saying three quarters of the current gun owners shouldn't be allowed to own them. Yeah I can see how liberals would love that.
That would be fair. Someone who has depression could use the gun to shoot themselves. Someone who has an illness causing a threat to society should not be allowed to have a gun because they have the potential to do harm to others.
You guys are truly nuts, and will see a lot more mass shootings if you allow the mentally ill to get their hands on firearms.
Correct.The requirement is that competent authority ( usually a Judge) must make such a ruling. You remember how our system works right? Innocent till proven guilty, right to face your accusers and to a day in court?
Anyone who is suspected of having a mental illness, or is being treated for one, should not be allowed to purchase a gun.
The vast majority of people with depression - and everyone gets depressed sometimes, by the way - are not a danger to themselves or anyone else. People who are severely or chronically depressed enough to be taking anti-depressants are, by virtue of taking those anti-depressants, not a danger to themselves or anyone else.
Anyone who is suspected of having a mental illness, or is being treated for one, should not be allowed to purchase a gun.
According to statistics one out of four Americans has been treated for some kind of 'mental illness' as you put it. And another two out of four could benefit from psychiatric treament. So basically you're saying three quarters of the current gun owners shouldn't be allowed to own them. Yeah I can see how liberals would love that.
That would be fair. Someone who has depression could use the gun to shoot themselves. Someone who has an illness causing a threat to society should not be allowed to have a gun because they have the potential to do harm to others.
You guys are truly nuts, and will see a lot more mass shootings if you allow the mentally ill to get their hands on firearms.
Approximately 20.9 million American adults, or about 9.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a mood disorder.
Approximately 2.4 million American adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population age 18 and older in a given year, have schizophrenia/
Approximately 40 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 18.1 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have an anxiety disorder.
Approximately 6 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 2.7 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have panic disorder.
Approximately 2.2 million American adults age 18 and older, or about 1.0 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have OCD.
Approximately 7.7 million American adults age 18 and older, or about 3.5 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have PTSD.
Approximately 6.8 million American adults, or about 3.1 percent of people age 18 and over, have Generalized Anxiety Disorder in a given year
Approximately 15 million American adults age 18 and over, or about 6.8 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have social phobia.
In their lifetime, an estimated 0.5 percent to 3.7 percent of females suffer from anorexia, and an estimated 1.1 percent to 4.2 percent suffer from bulimia.
Community surveys have estimated that between 2 percent and 5 percent of Americans experience binge-eating disorder in a 6-month period.
Correct.The requirement is that competent authority ( usually a Judge) must make such a ruling. You remember how our system works right? Innocent till proven guilty, right to face your accusers and to a day in court?
Anyone who is suspected of having a mental illness, or is being treated for one, should not be allowed to purchase a gun.
Incorrect.
Approximately 20.9 million American adults, or about 9.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a mood disorder.
Approximately 2.4 million American adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population age 18 and older in a given year, have schizophrenia/
Approximately 40 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 18.1 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have an anxiety disorder.
Approximately 6 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 2.7 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have panic disorder.
Approximately 2.2 million American adults age 18 and older, or about 1.0 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have OCD.
Approximately 7.7 million American adults age 18 and older, or about 3.5 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have PTSD.
Approximately 6.8 million American adults, or about 3.1 percent of people age 18 and over, have Generalized Anxiety Disorder in a given year
Approximately 15 million American adults age 18 and over, or about 6.8 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have social phobia.
In their lifetime, an estimated 0.5 percent to 3.7 percent of females suffer from anorexia, and an estimated 1.1 percent to 4.2 percent suffer from bulimia.
Community surveys have estimated that between 2 percent and 5 percent of Americans experience binge-eating disorder in a 6-month period.
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NOT including eating disorders, the sum of all "mental, emotional or social" disturbed Americans = 107,000,000 Citizens.
And these are the diagnosed cases.
The Virginia Tech shooter was crazy and everyone knew it. Instead of an arrest record the local Police managed to force him in to psychiatric counseling. Through a glitch in the Va. law psychiatric counseling did not show up on the instant name check and the shooter was able to "legally" purchase guns despite the fact that the University was scared to death of him. The Batman shooter was a disturbed individual who's psychiatrist was apparently so alarmed that he warned the schools he attended that he was dangerous and yet he was apparently able to "legally" purchase weapons because the liberal establishment has set the rules so that society has no defense against nut cases. It might seem harsh but I think it is reasonable that drug prescriptions for depression or learning disabilities or behavior problems or any other mental problem be entered in a data base only accessed by Law Enforcement and those people be restricted from ever purchasing a firearm.
You are a moron. People taking anti depressants are not crazy. People with learning disabilities are not crazy. As for crazy it is already illegal. The requirement is that competent authority ( usually a Judge) must make such a ruling. You remember how our system works right? Innocent till proven guilty, right to face your accusers and to a day in court?
The Virginia Tech shooter was crazy and everyone knew it. Instead of an arrest record the local Police managed to force him in to psychiatric counseling. Through a glitch in the Va. law psychiatric counseling did not show up on the instant name check and the shooter was able to "legally" purchase guns despite the fact that the University was scared to death of him. The Batman shooter was a disturbed individual who's psychiatrist was apparently so alarmed that he warned the schools he attended that he was dangerous and yet he was apparently able to "legally" purchase weapons because the liberal establishment has set the rules so that society has no defense against nut cases. It might seem harsh but I think it is reasonable that drug prescriptions for depression or learning disabilities or behavior problems or any other mental problem be entered in a data base only accessed by Law Enforcement and those people be restricted from ever purchasing a firearm.
'so called "crazy people" do not commit violent crimes at any higher rate than the general population..
Correct.The requirement is that competent authority ( usually a Judge) must make such a ruling. You remember how our system works right? Innocent till proven guilty, right to face your accusers and to a day in court?
Anyone who is suspected of having a mental illness, or is being treated for one, should not be allowed to purchase a gun.
Incorrect.
True, otherwise no Tea Party types could buy guns.
Sociopathology occurs in degrees ranging from the ordinary con-artist who derives pleasure from cheating others to the homocidal psychopath who is absolutely devoid of sympathy, empathy, or compassion and derives pleasure from killing or making others suffer. I believe your wife was referring to the latter example, categorized as the psychotic sociopathic personality.Far from it. However there are some personality traits that are indicative of a persons future behavior. My wife is a PhD psychologist who is very liberal and even she says that sociopaths should be locked up forever. Just as pedophiles will 100% of the time commit further acts, so too will a sociopath.
The Virginia Tech shooter was crazy and everyone knew it. Instead of an arrest record the local Police managed to force him in to psychiatric counseling. Through a glitch in the Va. law psychiatric counseling did not show up on the instant name check and the shooter was able to "legally" purchase guns despite the fact that the University was scared to death of him. The Batman shooter was a disturbed individual who's psychiatrist was apparently so alarmed that he warned the schools he attended that he was dangerous and yet he was apparently able to "legally" purchase weapons because the liberal establishment has set the rules so that society has no defense against nut cases. It might seem harsh but I think it is reasonable that drug prescriptions for depression or learning disabilities or behavior problems or any other mental problem be entered in a data base only accessed by Law Enforcement and those people be restricted from ever purchasing a firearm.
'so called "crazy people" do not commit violent crimes at any higher rate than the general population..
Say what eos? I rest my case.