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Originally Posted by Guest
Why is it that the status (good, bad or indifferent) is always a forefront issue in gun ownwership/possession?
The discussions are too often influenced and limited by what the media, partisans, special interest groups and minorities make headlines about. And we ALL know how biased, self limiting and not neccessarily true that information is.
How about raising the bar and take into account all the other aspects in the life of a mentally ill person that are equally potential dangers, or more so, to themselves and the rest of the population?
Guns are a political hot button resulting in no gain for anybody and just a bunch of partisan arm waving hollering. Mental illness should not be!
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Something positive you can do in this regard. Contact your Sumter, Marion, and Lake County library and law enforcement agencies and have them evaluate the currency, practicality, and range of materials on survivors/victims of crimes as well as even more importantly what they have about mental illness like links to various associations which help those with mental illness, anger management, PTSD, and other things important. Get the mental illness associations and survivor/victim assistance agencies and professionals involved in the dialog.