Is it just me?

Or should there be debates about the mental health care in this country more so than guns? Where there's a will, there's a way. Get to the root of the fucking issues already.

Deadcutie · 18-21, F

@waleskinder untill life throws them a curveball.. you will be amazed at the number of parents in the last 3 years who lived normal happy lives.. got into financial trouble, shoot thier children then themselves.. nobody can predict this craziness.

Statistics mean little to those set in thier ways, but regardless of the situation, if a gunn is in the house, you are 300X more likely to die from a firearm than a household without a gunn in the house..

If you carry a gunn on you, you are 800X more likely to die from a firearm than a unarmed person...

If you live in a gang area, you are over a thousand times more likely to die by firearm than living in a non gang neighborhood

Of course gang shootings family murder/suicides , accidental shootings and domestic abuse heavily skew the results,
But it is quite telling that living with a gunn statistically is far more dangerous than living without one..

Miram · 31-35, F

Talking about mental illnesses is a complex subject. More than a 100 variation.. And there is no definitive way to find out which patient will use a gun badly without him doing it before. Because humans in general tend to make bad decisions. It takes at least three psychiatric evaluation whether someone acted in a moment of madness or awareness. Mental illnesses aren't consistent even in the mentally ill.

MyNameIsHurl · 41-45, F

Either way, if you were abused you could use some therapy to learn coping skills. That's all I'm saying. Preventative mental health care, not talking about the insanity plea.