theclemsonkid
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Originally Posted by 2Quills http:///t/397599/great-time-to-be-in-public-schools-in-san-antonio/100#post_3544757
Well judging by your reaction to my questions about the stability of your psyche there's probably not much we can do to prevent all of those from happening. Like you said in this case there could be all of the signs in the world that someone may be about to flip out but if the people closest to those individuals fail to act then pardon my language but sh-t is going to happen.
The problem with trying to do a "mental evaluation" on a person wanting to purchase a gun, is that the term "mentally unstable" can be interpreted so many ways. If you are a schizophrenic who hears voices... that's easy to say "no" to. But what about someone with clinical depression. Or suicidal thoughts. Or even autism or severe forms of ADHD. It's really hard to place someone under the umbrella of "mental" at that point. Not to mention it would be impossible to get legislation passed that would require different psychologists and psychiatrists to all agree to a certain set of standards that would make someone not eligible.
The problem is much deeper than anything any legislation can fix. Kids are in broken homes, with parents who are not fit to care for them. Look at Adam Lanza. Divorced parents, one who is some big fancy executive, with a mother who from what I understand simply lived on the money her ex payed her. I'm guessing Dad was never around, and Mom was too worried about living the good life to actually pay any kind of attention to her son, who was obviously in need of some love (and mental help). So long as this is the norm, you can expect Newtown's to continue.
And don't come back at me with the "but these people are sick and there is nothing anyone can do about it" argument. While in some very, very limited cases this might be true, nine out of ten times these people came from extremely dysfunctional families. Fix the family unit, and you'll fix nine out of the ten problems.
Originally Posted by 2Quills http:///t/397599/great-time-to-be-in-public-schools-in-san-antonio/100#post_3544757
Well judging by your reaction to my questions about the stability of your psyche there's probably not much we can do to prevent all of those from happening. Like you said in this case there could be all of the signs in the world that someone may be about to flip out but if the people closest to those individuals fail to act then pardon my language but sh-t is going to happen.
The problem with trying to do a "mental evaluation" on a person wanting to purchase a gun, is that the term "mentally unstable" can be interpreted so many ways. If you are a schizophrenic who hears voices... that's easy to say "no" to. But what about someone with clinical depression. Or suicidal thoughts. Or even autism or severe forms of ADHD. It's really hard to place someone under the umbrella of "mental" at that point. Not to mention it would be impossible to get legislation passed that would require different psychologists and psychiatrists to all agree to a certain set of standards that would make someone not eligible.
The problem is much deeper than anything any legislation can fix. Kids are in broken homes, with parents who are not fit to care for them. Look at Adam Lanza. Divorced parents, one who is some big fancy executive, with a mother who from what I understand simply lived on the money her ex payed her. I'm guessing Dad was never around, and Mom was too worried about living the good life to actually pay any kind of attention to her son, who was obviously in need of some love (and mental help). So long as this is the norm, you can expect Newtown's to continue.
And don't come back at me with the "but these people are sick and there is nothing anyone can do about it" argument. While in some very, very limited cases this might be true, nine out of ten times these people came from extremely dysfunctional families. Fix the family unit, and you'll fix nine out of the ten problems.
