Gun control discussion

[Lady's Human]

Don't need to, I have a coworker who has a stepchild with severe bipolar. Took the child to the ER after the child physically assaulted both parents, had the police meet them there to restrain the child, and the ER doc refused to commit the child because 20 minutes after the attacks the kid was "just fine, there's no reason to commit the darling"

[RICHARD]

So.......I can buy any gun I want now and if I should have some kind of mental problem later on....



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i used to work with a reserve police officer for a small PD.


One day I walked around the corner and saw her with a bottle of nail polish, painting 'smilie faces' on the hollow point bullets. She packed a small .32 cal pistol as an off-duty piece and had unloaded the mag to do her thing.

I looked and did whatever I had to do, when I walked back she stopped me for my advice.

I kinda laughed then went to the bosses office to let her know.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Intelligent, effective and sensitble gun control is possible. Just ask the Australians!

Australian Gun Control in Response to a Mass Shooting

How very, very odd that advocating for sensible gun control is politizing while hysterically advocating against sensible gun control is not?

And no Miss Z - it is not about Republicans and Democrats. There are Dems who oppose gun control and Reps who do not. The accusation of "political agenda" is just a red herring that people throw in to try and put off the discussion of sensible gun control until the lastest tragedy is forgotten.

And mental health is only a piece of the equation. The man who shot a car full of teenagers because they were playing music in their car too loud for him would probably not count as mentally ill.

It is complicated and will not be solved until people can rationally discuss why as a nation we have such an outrageous number of deaths by gun.