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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.

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What study was that again about conspiracy theories correlating to mental illness?

I'll assume you didn't write the headline. Which is nonsense. My response would be "Japan." The outlaws wouldn't stop having guns over night. But it would happen.

I'm also STILL waiting for a list of the elected official calling for a ban on all guns. Think I'll be waiting a while. But again, I'll assume you didn't write the headline.

But I'm not sure you really looked in to what denotes mental illness when it comes to guns. Almost seems like you're fighting for the rights of the mentally ill to access weapons. You're arguing two different things here under, I'm assuming, the premise of "They're comin' to take my guns."

You said that "all" the mass killings since Columbine involved a shooter on prescribed medication. Are you sure about that? Really, REALLY sure? Because "all" is a big word. I'd just have to go with "Pulse Nightclub" to blow up the 'all.'

But your MSM reference makes a lot of what you said pretty clear.

But out of curiosity, and as one who is ADAMANTLY opposed to the ridiculous number of Americans using prescription medication (most in the world) as well as the power of the big pharma, did you ever think that the reason so many of the mass murderers are on, or were on, prescription drugs is because they're mentally ill? So if they weren't on the drugs you'd still want them to access firearms legally?

Sorry. Not buying it.

But you DID put together a solid argument. Thanks for that.