Posted by LostBoyinNC on April 12, 2000, at 20:03:56
In reply to Guns and the mentally ill: disturbing article, posted by Abby on April 12, 2000, at 0:31:35
> This article in the NY Times really bothered me. I was struck by the fact that Utah has a law requiring certain schizophrenics to take medication, but it also has a law mandating that indigent patients be prescribed the least expensive anti-psychotics.
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> Apparently, if you've ever been committed to a mental hospital, you are barred from buying a gun; it may be only handguns. I think that we can all agree that it's probably not a good idea for severely depressed people to be around guns because of the suicide risk. We've all been very worried about Harry for example.
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> At the same time, suppose an 18 year-old has a first onset of manic-depressive illness and is committed because of a suicide attempt. She is evaluated and treated, both pharmacologically and psychotherapeutically, and does well for several years. When she's forty, she develops an interest in all things 18th century--clothing, furniture etc. and wants to buy an elegant dueling pistol for display. Why shouldn't she have the right to?
> Or is this a case of, once mentally ill always unreliable?
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> Anyway, here's the article:
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> http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/041100rampage-killers.html
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> AbbyMentally ill people should be able to buy a firearm providing they are not a danger to themselves or others and have been thoroughly treated. This gun control lobby is being pushed heavily by jews. Look at who is pushing the gun control the most. Senator Feinstein of California, a jew if there ever was one. Senator Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio who is retired was a big gun control advocate. There are plenty more where those came from and those jews are just the tip of the iceberg. Gun control is BAD, jews are BAD.
Most of the people on this board sound like wussies. A bunch of milksops. A bunch of people who are scared of everything and are politically very liberal. Gun control makes me sick. You people need to get some self esteem and stand up for yourselves. Quit being scared of everything. Do something physical for a change instead of picking flowers. Get a life, guns aint that bad.
Eric
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