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   BenderSastre said, 5 months ago

   Irresponsibly left lying around? Attainable through illegal means?
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   Richard S. Russell said, 5 months ago

   This is likely to be one of the unheralded but very real side effects of Obamacare. It really pushes preventive medicine and puts mental health on the same footing as physical. You can’t be denied coverage or treatment for pre-existing conditions in either realm. To those who keep asking “Can’t we do something about these awful shootings?”, we ARE.
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   A_Dream4u said, 5 months ago

   Actually it is easier to get help than to get a gun. If you show up at at MH clinic and tell them you want to hurt others or yourself you get a nice bed and some meds right away! Which gives you something to do while you wait for the background checks to clears for the gun you want.
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   Radish said, 5 months ago

   It will always be easy to get a gun.
   It will always be difficult to get adaquate mental health care.
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   win said, 5 months ago

   “Support Mental Health or I’ll kill you!” – 1960’s bumper sticker
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   ve6aao said, 5 months ago

   Most relevant comment in the comics over this issue, now to get legislators smart enough to read them.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

   @A_Dream4u

   That isn’t the point. Treatment yes and not all of it needs medications. Sometimes the medications can lead to the psychotic break in the first place.
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   echoraven said, 5 months ago

   @ve6aao

   Best comment for the best comic on this issue.
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   DLee4144 said, 5 months ago

   Lapierre had a perfectly workable solution to the problem of gun violence in schools. Just put in enough armed guards to handle the situation. I estimate the average school would require about 10 armed guards to cover all of the doors.
   Where would we get the money to pay them? No problem, just tax each sale of weapons or ammunition enough to cover their salaries. That wouldn’t just cut down considerably on the sale of guns, it would be a big help in finding work for returning vets.
   If you’re wondering if I’m serious or this is satire— frankly so am I.
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    flake-67121 said, 5 months ago

    giving fascist bureaucrats more power is your solution to everything
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    Radish said, 5 months ago

    @flake-67121

    Who will run the massive bureauacry of keeping armed guards at all schools?
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

    @DLee4144

    Maybe if more money went into law enforcement. Something the NRA has been against, that could help.
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    Wabbit said, 5 months ago

    the people who need help with their mental health are some of the least likely to have help to deal with their problem, it’s going to take I don’t know what to actually get them some help.
    I thought that Gabby Giffords shooting would be enough to get some serious funding but That wasn’t even enough!
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    mdavis4183 said, 5 months ago

    Too bad A;lcaraz’s lib buddies at the ACLU fight to make it harder to get mental heath services.
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    SCroix said, 5 months ago

    You’ve got it backwards. Guns are NOT easy to get, and it’s the psycho drugs that are making people crazy to begin with!
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