Is it time to talk about guns?

Without quoting posts, in this thread there has been more than one comment about white supremacy, racism and anti semitsm being being behind the "gun nut" agenda, and more than a few comments trying to link me personally to that. The reason I comment in here is because there's a firearm violence problem that needs to be addressed. I personally don't believe it's the firearms at fault. Here are some facts that point to where the lack of responsibility and accountability is festering. Hopefully by not glamorizing gun violence, and violence general, this country can begin to eliminate the senseless killing without penalizing only the law abiding citizens. The criminals don't care about the laws.
What the Real Stats Say About Black and White Crime: The Woke Crowd Will Hate Every One of These

And a silly meme.

 

Still defies any logic of why anyone other than a collector of arms of antiquity would want an assault rifle . As the name implies these are offensive weapons and totally different to revolvers and shot guns which have a more defensive use.


An STG44 of German WW2 vintage

 

How can anyone understand how a person or persons can fire bullets into young innocent children tearing them to pieces? What could that possibly prove--or mean to a perpetrator? Along with banning weapons of war to civilians, the need to expand mental health care by billions and billions of dollars nationwide exists, particularly in schools , so that these troubled people can be identified and treated before innocents have to die.

 

There's lots of food for thought in this.

 

You're entitled to your opinion, however wrong it may be.

 

I am not, and I'm not acting fanatical on any of this. You constantly confuse your opinions for facts.
We clearly disagree on whether it's the guns fault or the individuals fault, and that creates very different solutions. I'm not here to push an agenda on anyone.
I also won't be okay with any of my rights being arbitrarily infringed.

 

Quit making up crap.

 

Of course you are.

 

The facts presented there are indisputable. I think your focused on a leaf compared to the forest that's the gun violence problem in this country. Don't interpret this as not caring about the lives lost in mass,particularly school shootings. I'm just pointing out that they're a tiny subset of the much larger problem.

 

Easy cowboy. Your opinion is allowed too.

 

Is mental illness primarily a male characteristic?

 

I just read on my phone that 10 republicans and 10 democrats have written a preliminary draft for a bill to make money to expand mental health services for schools , among other provisions. 10 republicans signing on will preclude a filibuster by the senate.

 

And we have age limits for so many other things: buying beer, renting a car, buying a handgun, etc. The Constitution says nothing about it. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits discrimination without a reasonable basis, but the states have wide latitude to figure out what is reasonable. So it's a red herring--invoked to do nothing!

 

It depends on the type of illness. Women are more prone to suffer from depression and anxiety. Men from anti-social personality disorders and substance abuse.
Study finds sex differences in mental illness
www.webmd.com › risk-mental-illness-varies-gender
A Look at Gender Differences in Mental Health | Mental Health Blog
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This is a somewhat rhetorical question, but why do people like mcme feel like society is against them?