Posted by bleauberry on January 29, 2010, at 15:03:29
In reply to Re: DON'T BUY A GUN!!! » bleauberry, posted by detroitpistons on January 28, 2010, at 18:16:40
Hi, thanks for the feedback. Makes for interesting thought.
I do not think a severely depressed person should have access to a gun.
I see it here all the time when someone says, "Where's the evidence?" Come on. I read it months ago and I don't remember where. I just got home from work. I got dinner to cook and things to do. Am I really going to spend my entire evening doing a research project on guns to answer somebody's challenge for information? I don't think so. Somebody can do it themselves if it means that much to them. I'm just participating in a discussion of ideas.
For every time I am challenged for scientific documentation, the challenger does not offer any of their own. ??? People once in a while will ask, "Where's your proof?" Well, I return the question, "Where's yours?". When in reality, hard proof of anything mostly does not exist.
Editorials are, yeah, I'm always skeptical. Too much bias and flaw usually. And even with hard science, there is plenty of bias and flaw. Even our best clinical studies presented to FDA are chock full of bias and flaw. So going full circle back to the challenge for scientific data...no matter the source and no matter the side of the debate...skepticism is warranted.
But it does make for interesting discussion.
While a small percentage of guns will cause disaster, an overwhelming majority of them prevent disaster. That's my stance. Without gun ownership, there would be chaos. The founding fathers had divine wisdom in recognizing that people have the right to self defense. The mere suspicion that a particular neighborhood is well armed will send criminals to easier prey elsewhere.
But back to depression, it probably is not a good idea for a badly depressed person to have a gun nearby. They're probably going to do it anyway, but no sense in someone helping them by leaving a gun around.
If it is their own gun, well, that's a different story. No one has the right to take it away unless the depressed person approves or if it is demanded by a Judge.
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