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ClydeFrog · January 4, 2013, 02:32 PM

Some forum members continue to muddy the water about the mental health issues related to gun ownership or use.
If you are gay, wet the bed, cry reading greeting cards, or whatever that's not as significant or as high risk as a person who makes threats, stalks someone, attempts suicide, or is violent.
To distort the issue(s) & avoid the real problem is wrong.
The NRA & other 2A groups should be pushing for changes that keep guns out of the wrong hands. With better laws or regulations at the state-local level, maybe a unstable person will be prevented from going on a spree killing or having a "suicide by cop" incident.

Clyde

January 4, 2013, 02:32 PM	#92
ClydeFrog Junior member Join Date: May 1, 2010 Posts: 5,797	Muddy waters... Some forum members continue to muddy the water about the mental health issues related to gun ownership or use. If you are gay, wet the bed, cry reading greeting cards, or whatever that's not as significant or as high risk as a person who makes threats, stalks someone, attempts suicide, or is violent. To distort the issue(s) & avoid the real problem is wrong. The NRA & other 2A groups should be pushing for changes that keep guns out of the wrong hands. With better laws or regulations at the state-local level, maybe a unstable person will be prevented from going on a spree killing or having a "suicide by cop" incident. Clyde