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mindem

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1. Mental Illness

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 08:39 AM

Feb 2018

What a convenient cop-out. Unless a person is formally diagnosed and the powers that be are informed about the condition, how can a gun dealer know a person is mentally ill? The Mental Illness Policy Org. estimates that about 50% of individuals with severe psychiatric disorders (3.5 million people) are receiving no treatment. With the republicons "you're on your own" health plan, those numbers will probably increase.

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When is enough, enough? [View all] struggle4progress Feb 2018 OP

Mental Illness mindem Feb 2018 #1

I want gun owners to put a number on it. How many dead is unacceptable? alarimer Feb 2018 #2

When? rtracey Feb 2018 #3