Gun rights

[AGDee]

I agree with AOII Angel's comments. Mental illness is so complex. Where do you draw a line? How do you analyze whether someone who has had the thought (or even said!) "I wish you were dead" will take that to the point of murdering that person? What about people with mild anxiety disorder who take Xanax?

Bad things are still going to happen. The mentally ill are not always recognized and do not always seek treatment. Not all who do bad things are mentally ill. Mental illness usually presents itself in the early 20s at the earliest, but may not show until much later.

The vast majority of the mentally ill do not commit heinous acts. The vast majority of gun owners don't either.

I think the biggest issue is that everybody wants something fixed which is not fixable.

[ADPi95]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I agree with AOII Angel's comments. Mental illness is so complex. Where do you draw a line? How do you analyze whether someone who has had the thought (or even said!) "I wish you were dead" will take that to the point of murdering that person? What about people with mild anxiety disorder who take Xanax?

Bad things are still going to happen. The mentally ill are not always recognized and do not always seek treatment. Not all who do bad things are mentally ill. Mental illness usually presents itself in the early 20s at the earliest, but may not show until much later.

The vast majority of the mentally ill do not commit heinous acts. The vast majority of gun owners don't either.

I think the biggest issue is that everybody wants something fixed which is not fixable.

I think you nailed it in your last two statements.