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Old June 14, 2014, 07:54 AM   #32
Evan Thomas
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Re: mental illness, let's keep a couple of things in mind. First the vast majority of mentally ill people are not violent. Second, the mentally ill are far more likely to be the victims of violent crime than they are to commit one. Demonizing them has become a popular strategy for pro-gun people who are arguing against forms of gun control such as universal background checks, and it's both offensive and ill-advised.

It reflects badly on us to add to the stigmatization of a group of people that's already very marginalized in this society, and the idea of throwing a large group of people under the bus in order to protect "our" rights should be repugnant to us.
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