Gun ownership itself is a slight mental illness

Discussion in 'Politics' started by unfocusedanakin, Aug 3, 2019.

  1. Meliai

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    Yeah I didnt even respond to that part because...jesus.

    But, I've brought this up before, I once watched a talk given by a neurologist who had a nephew who started exhibiting violent behavior and developed an interest in school shooters, started drawing violent pictures, etc.
    And the neurologist gave him a brain scan and found a benign tumor that was affecting the part of his brain that controls impulse
    So they removed the tumor and the boy stopped exhibiting violent behavior

    So I do think brain scans are a useful diagnostic tool to diagnose and treat abnormal behavior

    But definitely not as a means to identify and contain certain portions of the population because..wtf
     
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  2. Yeah, I definitely agree with testing people who display violent tendencies. You can't just scan the brains of the mentally ill in general and determine if they are a threat or not, though.
     
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  3. stormountainman

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    Guns should be banned in America. The only reason the white men want guns is to intimidate people of other races or religions. The white men always insist that others accept their Jesus. During the last election Trump and his peculiar followers ridiculed Obama for saying white men want to cling to their guns and bibles. Well, it is true and Obama was right. White men do want to use guns to enforce their Christian religion on others. They did so when they operated America as a slaver nation. They did so when dominating the Indian nations. Now it is incumbent on the rest of us to pass new laws to disarm this most violent facet of American society. And remember, these white guys with guns always say they will give up their guns when the cops pry their cold dead fingers off the weapons. So, let's take them up on that. If they want to resist America's laws, let's send in the troops.
     
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  4. stormountainman

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    Brain surgery should be required before white Christian Republican men can buy guns.
     
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  5. Tyrsonswood

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    Ummmm... look in a mirror.
     
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  6. MeAgain

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    While the lateral septum has been linked to violent behavior in mice:
    Reducing activity in this area in humans isn't possible at the present time, other than using sedatives.
    That only leaves the possibility of sedating everyone who has any activity in this area. There are other studies that point to other changes in the brain.

    This means that some time in the future, we might be able to proactively alter someone's brain if they show that they're planning violence. It doesn't help with those who act violently due to a reaction to some external situation, as we can't go around continually monitoring everyone's brain.
    You seem to be proposing a required brain scan of every human in the country. And it would have to be carried out repeatedly as brain chemistry and structure changes.
     
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  7. Tyrsonswood

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    Yet we should not have improved background checks for gun purchases....


    Seems legit.
     
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  8. MeAgain

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    Yes, long guns sold by individuals require no record or background check. I can go buy a gun and have the required background check...and then poof!, it's gone. I can legally sale it to almost anyone. My neighbor, a stranger, someone with a history of crime, violence, intimidation, or any old loony at all, as I, nor the state, have any responsibility to check up on them.

    Yes not in those restricted areas.
    But a hundred masked men could pop into the waiting room, baggage areas, restaurant, etc, with loaded Uzis in PA and nothing could be legally done.
     
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  9. MeAgain

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    But I think he was implying everyone gets a brain scan or DNA check for violence, not just gun buyers.
     
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  10. Tyrsonswood

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    Of course... Because that makes much more sense than improving the background check system for buying a gun.

    It's like, all inclusive... Instead of only picking on those poor innocent guys that want to buy guns.


    I wonder is free brain scans for everyone would be considered socialist?
     
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  11. 6-eyed shaman

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    "I hate white people, but I'm not a racist."
     
  12. stormountainman

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    I think white guys want guns because they want to make up for their short pecker syndrome. You can call it the short pecker syndicate.
     
  13. stormountainman

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    The important thing to remember is that Bundy Family occupation of a federal facility … with guns. If any non-white group had done such a thing, they would have been killed on site. The pro-gunners always regard themselves above the law, and contract or expand definitions according to their own conveniences. I say we outlaw all guns. Let's repeal the Second Amendment and go after the white nationalists who own guns.
     
  14. stormountainman

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    We could try it for a limited period of time? It might reduce mass shootings?
     
  15. Why don't we just cut off everyone's trigger finger. That might help.
     
  16. stormountainman

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    My preference would be brain surgery for all white nationalists. I might be persuaded to just round them up and place them in re-education camps.
     
  17. 6-eyed shaman

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    Let’s cut off every man’s dick to prevent rape :rolleyes:
     
  18. You guys do realize that you can't just do whatever you like with the mentally ill. We're people, just as much as you are, and we have the same rights that you do.
     
  19. soulcompromise

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    I think there is a link between owning a gun and anger management issues. When someone has a record for violent crime, the military doesn't let them have a weapon. They cannot enlist...
    Here's what it says:
    It doesn't out and out say it here, but I know when I went to seek military enlistment in the 2000s during the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan etc. I was told no because I had a false imprisonment on my record.

    This is where I explain. :D

    A long time ago I got into an argument. My mom wanted to leave when the argument got heated. I blocked her from leaving. She tried to open the garage door and I unplugged it or something like that; I can't remember and as I said it was a long time ago. I'm sincerely regretful of that instance and any others like it. My mother and I get along fine now and I'm no longer drinking or relying on my parents for financial support; which is what that argument was likely about.

    Anyway, yeah... the recruiter told me I couldn't enlist because they're not going to give a firearm to someone with a false imprisonment.
     
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  20. Balbus

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    Yes and I’ll ask again because this is just more evasion

    So you don’t think people should get guns for defence and never have done?

    That you think that guns have no benefit toward tackling crime?

    Why are you so unwilling to answer?
     
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