blatantninja
Resident Redneck Facist
It's called science.
You're over simplifying it. It is primarily a medical issue. Certainly environment can influence it, and should be addressed as it is possible, but the primary driver is the medical side, otherwise we'd all be crazy.
Again, you make no sense. Medication is the best solution we have. Its not a cure, but in many cases it makes the illness controllable for the individual.
You tried to make that exact point, which is why I called you on the bullshit that it is. We certainly can do a better job of observing and combating mental illness before it gets too far though.
Unless someone is a hermit, the people around them will see changes. They may ignore them, but they see them. And that doesn't even get into the problem of people that have actually been diagnosed with a mental illness, but then refuse to stay on their medication.
No system will be perfect, but given the explosion of people walking around with untreated mental illness, we obviously did a better job of it in the past.
No, most if not all can be predicted if people just observe and the afflicted are given (and will accept) help.
No one said anything about a cure, I said treat. Two different things. There is no good solution for mental illness.
Try reading in context. Prior to the 70's we had forcible admittance to mental hospitals.
Repeating the same BS doesn't make it true. I am not supporting murder by supporting my rights any more than someone that supports owning kitchen knives is supporting murder. The problem is the ignorance by people like yourself that think simply banning guns is miraculously stop people from killing each other.
Again, put adequate protections in place so that I don't need a firearm for self defense or defense against tyranny and I will gladly give up my right to bear arms. I won't hold my breath.
The link about that I quoted. Violent crime rates are higher in the UK (which I am pretty sure is considered a civilized western country but I haven't been there in a few years) than in the US.
Wow, strawman much? Where is your evidence that 'inequality is one of the greatest factors in people developing mental health problems'? And I'm not talking about just mild depression, I'm talking about serious mental health issues.
I'm all for fixing the poverty problem, but again, people have to want to make their lives better. It's a vicious cycle (and most people in poverty don't have 'fairy tale parents', they have parents that are at best absent or at worst destructive). Fundamentally it really comes down to a culture issue.
Just because you refuse to acknowledge the benefits of gun ownership does not make them nonexistant. I support the right to bear arms. I do not support the killing of innocent people no matter how desperate you are to make that connection.
Are you a politician by chance? Because that's the exact type of connection a politician would try to make to advance an agenda.
Prove to me that a criminal isn't going to get a gun. Not to mention that a gun is a great equalizer. It doesn't matter if the person is twice the size of me (not likely to be fair) or there are more of them than me.
Good for you. Stay out of my country.
Not at all. I support strict, though not overly burdensome, control of handgun and semi-automatic gun sales. The fact remains that criminals will still get their hands on guns even if you ban legal ownership of them.
There is nothing ancient about my concept of self-defense. If anything, its extremely modern. You don't see me carrying around a broadsword.
