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I heard people talk about how the mentally ill shouldn't have guns. I think most of us can agree no one wants a dangerous violent prone schizophrenic guy walking around with a gun. However where does the line get drawn? I hear people talk about banning people with mental illnesses from owning firearms. Well someone with ADD/ADHD (like myself) could be considered to have a "mental illness" since it's a "mental disorder" even though I've never had any offense to ever warrant being considered a danger to the public.
And I'm not even sure I actually should be considered to have ADD. I got diagnosed with ADD because as a kid I prefered to play with my toys or video games over doing homework. I passed high school no problem, never got held back a grade and maintained a B average. In college currently I'm a little behind. I should have graduated last year but I took a few extra semesters off to earn some extra money at work. But I should be graduating this year. I'm not the best but certainly not bad right? I just procrastinated doing my work. Still sort of do. I think it's just called being lazy. At least that's what they called it back in the day. I also have a tendency to talk and talk about stuff. So I'll try not to make this too long. lol
About half of my friends have "mental illnesses" by best friend got diagnosed with social anxiety because he told the "doctor" that he sometimes get nervous when in large crowds of people that he doesn't know, and gets nervous when talking to hot girls. I do too in both those situations. I thought that was normal right? Do they think that should bar him from owning a gun?
My girlfriend had a history of depression, she's fine now. Is that a mental disorder/illness?
Apparently once you get diagnosed with something it's on your record forever. The "history of" part is kind of is the scary part. And when people say mental illness I see they also include many very common conditions. Accoarding to this website http://www2.nami.org/factsheets/mentalillness_factsheet.pdf 1 in 4 Americans experiences a mental illness at any one given time. That's a lot. But most people sometimes run into problems in life. Most of the time they shake it off and overcome or adapt. They're not a danger. And while I understand there are no laws preventing this. I see a lot of "pro-gun" people talking about how we need to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. I bet some of them have something a doctor would give them a diagnosis for. I think our laws regarding mental people are fine already. If you get declared a danger to the public in a court then I'll accept that. Just having a mental disorder? No that's unconstitutional. Mentally ill people can join the army (I might be doing that) and police and have guns, yet people talk as if those very same people shouldn't have a gun as a civilian apparently. And don't get me started on PTSD.
And I'm not even sure I actually should be considered to have ADD. I got diagnosed with ADD because as a kid I prefered to play with my toys or video games over doing homework. I passed high school no problem, never got held back a grade and maintained a B average. In college currently I'm a little behind. I should have graduated last year but I took a few extra semesters off to earn some extra money at work. But I should be graduating this year. I'm not the best but certainly not bad right? I just procrastinated doing my work. Still sort of do. I think it's just called being lazy. At least that's what they called it back in the day. I also have a tendency to talk and talk about stuff. So I'll try not to make this too long. lol
About half of my friends have "mental illnesses" by best friend got diagnosed with social anxiety because he told the "doctor" that he sometimes get nervous when in large crowds of people that he doesn't know, and gets nervous when talking to hot girls. I do too in both those situations. I thought that was normal right? Do they think that should bar him from owning a gun?
My girlfriend had a history of depression, she's fine now. Is that a mental disorder/illness?
Apparently once you get diagnosed with something it's on your record forever. The "history of" part is kind of is the scary part. And when people say mental illness I see they also include many very common conditions. Accoarding to this website http://www2.nami.org/factsheets/mentalillness_factsheet.pdf 1 in 4 Americans experiences a mental illness at any one given time. That's a lot. But most people sometimes run into problems in life. Most of the time they shake it off and overcome or adapt. They're not a danger. And while I understand there are no laws preventing this. I see a lot of "pro-gun" people talking about how we need to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. I bet some of them have something a doctor would give them a diagnosis for. I think our laws regarding mental people are fine already. If you get declared a danger to the public in a court then I'll accept that. Just having a mental disorder? No that's unconstitutional. Mentally ill people can join the army (I might be doing that) and police and have guns, yet people talk as if those very same people shouldn't have a gun as a civilian apparently. And don't get me started on PTSD.