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I Think That When Guns Are Outlawed Only Outlaws Will Have Gun

Many are shouting about keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. Like the others it is a feel good solution that will have dire consequences and will have zero effectiveness in curbing the violence.

Mental illness can be very hard to identify since there is no kind of official test for most conditions, most people are diagnosed according to the [b]subjective[/b] opinions of the doctors that observe them. What makes anyone think that a doctor is neutral? We have seen plenty of activist judges, doctors are human as well and many have an agenda!

In the dictionary of mental illnesses, known as DSM-5, published by the American Psychiatric Association, there is actually a condition listed for people who have a problem with authority. Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a name that psychiatrists made up to identify children who won’t do what they are told, and now even adults are being diagnosed with this condition as well. It important to note it is doctors that sit around a conference table deciding what goes into the DSM. The DSM is a tool that is used so when diagnosed they can prescribe. Note also that big pharma spends aprox 40K per year per doctor to get them to prescribe.

A policy like this could also allow the government to disarm dissidents and political enemies. As psychiatry became more influential towards the middle of the 20th century, rulers around the world began using “mental illness” as an excuse to lock away anyone who might disagree with them. The Soviet regime became notorious for this practice by labeling all political dissidents as “mentally ill” so they could be locked away in institutions where they were no threat to the establishment.

The United States government also has a long history of slapping unruly citizens with the mark of mental illness. President Franklin Roosevelt famously called his detractors “the lunatic fringe.

Meanwhile, politicians and mainstream media are quick to label anyone who questions the official narrative as a “conspiracy theorist,” a term that has been falsely associated with mental illness in pop culture.

A study in 2017 set out to determine whether or not believing in conspiracy theories was a form of mental illness. As expected they found the exact answer that they were looking for, people who don’t trust the government and mainstream media are crazy, and suffering from something called illusory pattern perception.

The mentally ill are more likely to be victims as they appear weak than they are to commit a violent crime. We don't need more gun laws what we need is to stop the drugs that doctors hand out in order to increase their profits. These drugs are very well known to cause violent behavior as these poisons change your brain chemistry.

The common denominator of all the mass shootings starting with Columbine is they were all on drugs legally prescribed by doctors. MSM downplays that because it is big pharma paying for them. We want to stop the violence we need to stop the drugs.

http://docshare01.docshare.tips/files/20788/207888145.pdf
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MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Remember when the British told the colonies to give up their guns?
curiosi · 61-69, F
@MrBrownstone Yep, and 1930's Germany as well.
Mikemcneil · 61-69, M
@MrBrownstone gun control has been brought in in other countries successfully. It wasn't followed up by population control.
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
@Mikemcneil Which countries?
Mikemcneil · 61-69, M
@MrBrownstone Australia and the UK most recently after gun massacres. Did you forget about those?
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
@Mikemcneil What prevents criminals from breaking the gun laws?
Mikemcneil · 61-69, M
@MrBrownstone the same system as in the USA. Policing.
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
@Mikemcneil So with police there is no crimes committed?
Mikemcneil · 61-69, M
@MrBrownstone sorry. I thought I was talking to a grown up.
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
@Mikemcneil At what point was this reply for you? You butted in.
Mikemcneil · 61-69, M
@MrBrownstone you're an idiot. You have my sympathy. There will always be criminals. In a nation of three hundred million guns those criminals can do a lot of killing. As you wish 😉
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So the solution to prevent a government to have absolute power is to let this country become a madmax movie distopia?
About Germany and British colonies... forget it. It’s like teaching orbital dynamics to flatearthers lol.
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Mikemcneil · 61-69, M
@Waymore which gun laws are you talking about?
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Mikemcneil · 61-69, M
Which gun laws are criminals breaking? Guns are easy to obtain in the USA legally or not. That's because there are over three hundred million guns in circulation.
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2cool4school · 46-50, F
@Waymore it’s an oversimplified argument. There is no “magic bullet” solution. Pardon my analogy no pun intended. And it’s not going to change soon. It’s part of the US economy in many cases (yes not all guns are made here.) But most all brands types variants etc are sold to the US market. Even foreign gun companies don’t want that to change. So it’s a multi headed problem. One head shot won’t fix this.