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I Think Its Sad

59 people died yesterday and 500 were injured. But yet people laugh and make jokes. Many of you have criticized America for our rights to own guns. Trust me I know we have a problem as well but to sit there when so many have died, when so many are grieving over lost loved ones you bash them for being there or you point your fingers and say we deserved it. NO one deserves to be gunned down. A little more compassion during this time is what's needed. And hopefully later we can fix what needs fixing.

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romell · 51-55, M

we all grieve when a human life is lost ..no sane human could be rejoicing..at the same time people really dont understand the self destruct mode usa is on..thats all

littlepinklotus · 41-45, F

@romell I don't own a gun. I can understand people wanting to protect themselves and their homes. I can understand those who have weapons for hunting. However we have a problem. We have to many psychos running around that have access to them. So yes something needs to be done. But when that will change I am not sure. We are very divided on that issue.

romell · 51-55, M

@littlepinklotus difficult as its a political tool

GwydionFrost · 56-60, M

@littlepinklotus[quote]However we have a problem. We have too many psychos running around that have access to them.[/quote]

Wait... did I almost hear someone say what I pointed out years ago, and still do, to this day...?

See... it's all about recognizing patterns. And one that no one seems to have caught onto...? You've got to go back in time, to the point that mass shootings began to appear. Can I give you a clue...? In 1981, under President Ronald Reagan, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act repeals Carter’s community health legislation and establishes block grants for the states, ending the federal government’s role in providing services to the mentally ill. Federal mental-health spending decreases by 30 percent. In fact, let's cut the budgets so severely, that all the states CLOSE the state looney bins and... ready for it...? Pay rent for an apartment instead, and then send the certifiable out onto the streets, free range, with little to no support, into our neighborhoods, with our families, and our children.

Now, mind you, once this happened...? Those who were afflicted, but manageable...? WEREN'T BEING MANAGED ANYMORE. How'd this work out...? Dunno. Nobody left to track all this shit, because they closed the damn facilities down. Those who might have gotten help, might have sought help, couldn't, because either there was no medical coverage for it, or no one to direct them accordingly.

Point is, once this happened...? Unless you broke the law, or publicly had a meltdown noteworthy of assessment, YOUR CORI CHECK COMES BACK CLEAN.

So, my neighbor who thought I was Jesus for the simple facts that I had long hair, a beard, and lived upstairs... same guy who listened to the radio in the middle of the night BETWEEN stations, so that the aliens could communicate their messages to him...?

He gets a gun permit, because his record is clean.

Wanna fix the gun problem...? FIX THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.