Originally Posted by
jpsmith1cm
I'm not 100% sure where I stand on the whole "head doctor" thing.
There are some people that are crazy. Period, end, full stop. These people, for the good of society, should be locked away and NEVER permitted to see the light of day. They're dangerous.
I also think that these people are a very tiny, almost vanishingly small minority of all people.
There are some people that get a little "mixed-up" and need some help getting their heads right. I've had some friends go through some rough times where they needed a little help. I'd trust them with my life today, let alone trusting them with a gun.
All people with mental problems aren't crazies that need to be locked up.
I will agree with this and TimeBuilder's posts.
I will also say, young people are no longer connected to reality!!!
Parenting is gone and now they are your friend. No discipline, no punishment, no consequences, no losers, and there is a pill for everything that ails you. While this is akin to the gun not being to blame, video games are an influence in these occurrences. In the game you hit reset, no one actually dies and you turn it off and go back to normal life. These individuals do not know how to separate life from fantasy. Some feel there is no other way, but that all comes back to parents not being involved enough in their kid's lives to teach, guide and ultimately be responsible for them.
You are no longer able to be labeled "something" because it will hurt the self esteem. If you have a problem you need help from a professional, not the TV advertisement and drug companies pushing the "pill" treatment.
I, too, am a law abiding citizen and posses firearms of all types. The fact I own them does not make me a danger to anyone but those that would do harm to me, my family, friends or those around me. In that case I am willing to take the burden of doing the correct thing for the situation and circumstances.
The China thing was brought up on CNN and just because nobody died it was used to show how bad guns are. Believe me, I or anyone capable with a knife, can inflict deadly harm on the public. You may need to be in closer contact to the victims, but it can be done.
The weapon is never the issue as it needs a human to use it to inflict the damage- gun, knife, car, bomb, chemical, pencil, scissors, rocks and so on.
You must be willing to blame and punish the person, not the weapon. Until this time you only reenforce the fact that there are no bad acts and you will be on TV.
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from an excerpt by Paul Jacob in Sun City, AZ