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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
I’d start by increasing access to mental health and removing the stigma associated with getting help. I’d also look into the reason why the US has this issue and other countries where you have access to the same guns don’t.
A lot of ideas are being tossed around, but they aren’t usually accompanied by how the specific idea would prevent shootings from happening. Not only that, but some of the things suggested are already illegal.
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Your solution falls into the same realm though. What makes you think these people are going to seek help? What makes you think they even believe they need any help at all? Mental health isn’t often a matter of “Oh, I know I’m sick, i’ll go see the doctor.”
As far as the stigma around mental health goes and the question of what makes America more prone to gun violence, that’s a cultural thing. So while it’s a great idea to say “I’d start with changing American culture” you actually have to do something tangible and meaningful in the interim, because even if you start changing American culture today it could be generations before you seen that change fully realised. The problem doesn’t have generations worth of waiting. It needs a practical and tangible attempt at a fix now, not just “We’ll slowly change the way they feel about stuff.” That’s just not a real solution, it’s fluff.