My question is: Should people with serious mental disorders be allowed to legally buy a gun?
Personally, I think it's a bad idea to allow said people access. They are at a high risk to hurt themselves or someone else.
What are your thoughts on this, Flood?
Edit: Additionally, say some mental diseases that would be black-listed for the sale of guns.
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Simply putting more restrictions on guns, heck even if you outlawed guns, it would not solve the problem. More backgrounds checks, make it harder to get a gun, and more funding and public awareness of mental disorders is what I think is needed. But then i'm not American.
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Know.
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May I just say Sweden or Switzerland (forget which) everyone has combat training and a gun and no one invades them so that must also mean crime is low since everyone has a gun and knows how to use it
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Edited by inb4200replies: 6/6/2014 8:06:40 PM[quote]The law defines the following conditions as a serious mental illness: Schizophrenia Paranoid and other psychotic disorders [b]Bipolar disorders (hypomanic, manic, depressive, and mixed)[/b] Major depressive disorders (single episode or recurrent) Schizoaffective disorders (bipolar or depressive) [b]Pervasive developmental disorders[/b] [b]Obsessive-compulsive disorders[/b] [b]Depression in childhood and adolescence[/b] [b]Panic disorder Post traumatic stress disorders (acute, chronic, or with delayed onset) Bulimia Nervosa 307.51 Anorexia Nervosa 307.1[/quote][/b] Only 4 can pose an actual concern
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[quote]Personally, I think it's a bad idea to allow said people access. They are at a high risk to hurt themselves or someone else.[/quote] Good thing they can't then, huh?
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Its all about swords. Any skinny mofo who didnt smell pussy can go postal with an AK. If he tries the same with a sword though, good luck! #SwordsMasterRace
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Edited by outlander: 6/7/2014 1:26:48 AMDefine serious mental disorder...
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Boy, its sure cOLD in here.
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People with mental disabilities shouldn't be allowed to own weapons.
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But it's the RIGHT to. Which means, technically everyone should be supplied with one. You should not be denied a right just because you can't afford it, you also shouldn't be denied right based on mental status[spoiler]this said I don't think it should be a right or even a privilege. Guns are dumb[/spoiler]
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Well, it's pretty obvious why this subject is back on the front page. The real question is, what happens when the person goes crazy [I]after[/I] they've bought a gun legally?
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Of course not. That would be silly.
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Depends. If uou had depression as a teen you shouldn't be banned from owning a gun the rest of your life.
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Denying a fellow citizen their right to bear arms because of your discriminatory attitude towards the mentally impaired? [u][i] [b]I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA!!![/b][/i][/u]
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[quote]What are your thoughts on this, Flood?[/quote]My thoughts are that this is bait.
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Of course not, that is ridiculous. I don't think anyone without proper training and a valid reason should be allowed to buy a gun in the first place, let alone carry one in public.
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SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
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Depends on the disorder. If they're prone to suicide or aggressive tendencies, then no.