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| BADoglick 04/12/21 11:46:44 PM #53: | Mead posted... and I dont care what your opinion is, there need to be more waiting periods and red flag laws to keep people in mentally unstable states from being able to get a gun 'Mentally unstable' is a broad term that can easily be used to discriminate. If you have general depression are you mentally unstable? Seasonal depression? Anxiety? ADD? OCD? Bipolar? Or are we drawing the line at schizophrenia? Are we going to pick and choose which medical conditions alienate you from your second amendment rights? Or maybe just by medications? As a Pennsylvania medical cannabis card owner, I cannot legally own or operate a firearm. Because cannabis can make one 'mentally unstable'. So frankly I'm not in a hurry to see blanket laws with 'unforeseen' consequences implemented federally. Actual solutions.... universal healthcare including mental health, shorter work weeks, increased minimum wage, standardized paid leave, and the cultural normalization of mental health check ups. People shoot people because they're crazy. They're crazy because they're stressed out, underpaid, overworked, and we've stigmatized mental health concerns. No law is going to fix that. It's a bandaid on a bullet wound. Frankly any legislation proposed is merely the appearance of help while the underlying issues are simultaneously ignored. --- BADoglick to the Max! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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