06-19-2015, 06:24 PM
Hate is multifaceted thing! You can't talk about gun control without discussing mental health and related issues, parenting, etc.
Mental health is so dang abstract, but if you shoot 9 people, you have some kind of mental problem. Albeit it might not meet the definition of mentally ill for court system, i.e., knowing right from wrong.
Mental Health facilities lost favor years ago, because insurance companies only paid a certain amount of bill and was not all inclusive, so patient were discharged when insurance ran out. We have killers and would be killers who walk among us. I have felt for a long time that half of the prison population should be in mental institution and not paroled to kill again.
There is no magic answer, but we know parents pass along hate and it perpetuates itself with each generation. We know that many mental health conditions are inherited and we know that combinations can result in a really "bad seed." However, I have seen parents struggle to help their kid, and they are told, "there is no help available." Very frustrating! There are fewer resources to help people who need it and in just about every case of someone who becomes a mass murderer for example, there have been signs, clues, red flags, etc....but no one was able to stop it, probably because of lack of resources.
This country's love affair with guns is obsessive and must stop. Every day, children die accidentally because of loaded guns. I don't want to be the number 1 country in the World for death by guns. Please spare me the mention of cars, knives, hammers, etc....that is not productive to resolutions. Yes, I know criminals will still get guns, but you need to do some serious research about how tougher gun control does, in fact, reduce crimes committed by guns.
I have a grandson in his 20's who has had some problems. No details for obvious reasons, but he is taking anti-depressants and anxiety meds due to his severe panic attacks...Kids today needing these kind of meds....WTF... I was having fun in college, playing pranks on my friends, dating, etc.....
Mental health is so dang abstract, but if you shoot 9 people, you have some kind of mental problem. Albeit it might not meet the definition of mentally ill for court system, i.e., knowing right from wrong.
Mental Health facilities lost favor years ago, because insurance companies only paid a certain amount of bill and was not all inclusive, so patient were discharged when insurance ran out. We have killers and would be killers who walk among us. I have felt for a long time that half of the prison population should be in mental institution and not paroled to kill again.
There is no magic answer, but we know parents pass along hate and it perpetuates itself with each generation. We know that many mental health conditions are inherited and we know that combinations can result in a really "bad seed." However, I have seen parents struggle to help their kid, and they are told, "there is no help available." Very frustrating! There are fewer resources to help people who need it and in just about every case of someone who becomes a mass murderer for example, there have been signs, clues, red flags, etc....but no one was able to stop it, probably because of lack of resources.
This country's love affair with guns is obsessive and must stop. Every day, children die accidentally because of loaded guns. I don't want to be the number 1 country in the World for death by guns. Please spare me the mention of cars, knives, hammers, etc....that is not productive to resolutions. Yes, I know criminals will still get guns, but you need to do some serious research about how tougher gun control does, in fact, reduce crimes committed by guns.
I have a grandson in his 20's who has had some problems. No details for obvious reasons, but he is taking anti-depressants and anxiety meds due to his severe panic attacks...Kids today needing these kind of meds....WTF... I was having fun in college, playing pranks on my friends, dating, etc.....