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Originally Posted by Azure
Well as far as I'm concerned, it is pretty sad that the overall debate seems to be more about gun control, and less about the fact that 20% or so people in the US have mental health problems of some kind, and apparently there is no effective treatment or help for them.
A few days ago before the shooting, the shooter was someone who needed help. Now people are ignoring that because of what he did. Sure his mom was screwed up beyond belief from what we've read, but maybe that is because we choose to ignore people who have mental health issues. Perhaps we don't understand the issues enough.
Gun control is a topic worth discussing, but there won't be an outright ban. The bill that will be proposed in January will apparently still allow Americans to own over 900 different kinds of guns.
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I'm getting kind of sick of the "It's not a gun issue, it's a mental health issue" argument. It's become a copout.
How do you propose to fix the people with mental issues can get guns very easily dilemma? Maybe go back to the good old days where babies were eliminated when the showed signs of being defective?