Ronnie Grassel
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No, there hasn't . the only thing you can do is protect yourself and not be a victim .That has been the been a talking point for years. Has there been any progress in combating mental health issues?
No, there hasn't . the only thing you can do is protect yourself and not be a victim .That has been the been a talking point for years. Has there been any progress in combating mental health issues?
But i do believe that doctors are over medicating kids tho.No, there hasn't . the only thing you can do is protect yourself and not be a victim .
I’m beginning to sense some bias in your choice of wordFixed it for you.
This. My parents decided to homeschool me because I was hyperactive and showed signs of “ADD.” They knew I was just smart and a quick learner, which caused me to be bored a lot. They also knew if I went through a public school system, they would want to put me on all sorts of meds. After a few years of maturing, I calmed down. Here I am at 27 years old and I turned out fine. RelativelyMental health is the problem , not guns . stop medicating your kids just because there weird .
Unfortunately there never will be. Big pharma owns our government and will forever. The longer they can keep “medicating” people the worse mental health becomes. I ageee with Ronnie in that it absolutely starts with our children.That has been the been a talking point for years. Has there been any progress in combating mental health issues?
Yes, you own a TJ . so yes relatively .I’m beginning to sense some bias in your choice of word
This. My parents decided to homeschool me because I was hyperactive and showed signs of “ADD.” They knew I was just smart and a quick learner, which caused me to be bored a lot. They also knew if I went through a public school system, they would want to put me on all sorts of meds. After a few years of maturing, I calmed down. Here I am at 27 years old and I turned out fine. Relatively
Unfortunately there never will be. Big pharma owns our government and will forever. The longer they can keep “medicating” people the worse mental health becomes. I ageee with Ronnie in that it absolutely starts with our children.
Depression meds are a good example. You start to ween off of them and you begin to feel the urge to harm and kill yourself, so you go back to the meds. But if you go through a detox program to truly get off of them under supervision, you end up just fine. I have a close friend that’s been battling this for the last year.
Depression is linked to poor quality of life. You aren’t born with it. I think acknowledging that would be a great first step, but we all know that will never happen.
How many automatic weapons are there in the US? How often are they used in a crime?
Are you asking about registered full auto NFA weapons that are fully automatic or semi auto, common rifles?
The answer to both is zero for NFA full auto guns, and semi auto rifles are VERY low on the list. Handguns far out weigh them, we can put the FBI stats if you want hard numbers.
Dont you bring facts into this firearm hate fest.
Not trying to turn this into any type of debate guys. There are billions of firearms in this country that no ban is going to “make go away.” Anyone with a strong enough motive will get their hands on one. So stay diligent and stay aware.
“Speak softly, and carry a big stick.”
I am talking about full auto. Why are there are no crimes committed by the owners of these guns?
Who hates firearms?
but rifles? Nope. Too large to conceal, they are intimidated by them as well.
To obtain an automatic weapon takes special licensing and thousands of dollars. Then the firearm itself is thousands more. They are very hard for the average joe to obtain.I am talking about full auto. Why are there are no crimes committed by the owners of these guns?
People often quote Occam's razor as "the simples solution is often the best," but while a lot of the time that's true, that's actually not correct. The quote actually translates to "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity," and I think we crossed that bridge a long time ago with guns. I have a bolt-action .308 for hunting, a pump 12ga for birds, a lever action .22 for my nephew, and a handgun for carry. I used to have an H&K .40, but I cut it in half with a grinder in 2018 on principle and bought a revolver. I've inherited guns that I've also destroyed to keep them out of circulation. I can remember in the 90s my Dad turned a bunch of his guns in to the cops to be destroyed and got a load of McDonald's gift cards that we used all year.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, I hate feeling like I'm being sold something, whether its jeep gear, vinyl siding, a new phone, or the latest and greatest space-age ball hugging underwear, and I often feel bad when I see people who fall for marketing wank. And that's what I see with a lot of other gun owners who buy guns basically, as far as I can tell, just to have them. I just don't get why people can't be practical.
Spot on, and well said!The second amendment has zero to do with hunting. It is in place to allow the PEOPLE to maintain arms against a tyrannical government. Period. Full stop.
Now I support your right to hunt, not like the same things I do and no see the sense of an armed populace. That’s fine, many of us have bled for your right to have that opinion and many others.
But please understand that your perception of why many of us own firearms is not a byproduct of marketing or any other nonsense.
It is a GOD given right and I shall exercise it anyway I see fit. I also hunt, fish and shoot competitions. None of those activities are part of what the second amendment is about.
Maybe because responsible gun owners don’t commit crimes?
Criminals commit crimes.
Well said Jamison C. When I was working, and responded to, or involved in a shooting, we would always have people come up and tell us what a whack job the suspect was. We would hear about all of the crazy gun stuff he/she did for the past month or so, yet nobody called to report it. It will be interesting to see how many come forward and reveal what this guy had said or done in the past, that would raise flags.
Considering the weapon used, thank God there weren't more wounded.
Ray
Also, shouldn't that be: "Speak softly, and carry a 45" ?
To obtain an automatic weapon takes special licensing and thousands of dollars. Then the firearm itself is thousands more. They are very hard for the average joe to obtain.
But, as @Rubi04 said, responsible gun owners don’t commit crimes. There are millions upon millions of semi auto rifles out there that are used for leisure, mine included. So while shootings do happen with the AR15, those numbers are almost insignificant (regarding rifles, not lives) to the number of rifles that aren’t used. What is significant is how many more deaths are related to handguns than semi auto rifles.
The loss of any life is tragic, but I think for a population of 328 million people and about 3 billion firearms, we do ok.