“There are far too many unnecessary gun deaths and something needs to be done about it.” This is a statement that just about everyone in a healthy state of mind would agree with, whether you consider yourself pro-gun, anti-gun, or gun-neutral.
if mental health professionals want to curb gun violence and suicides, they should stop giving out mind altering drugs that are known to cause homicidal or suicidal thoughts.
I have a quibble with the jump from, perhaps, 45-50% of all persons living in a home where a gun is owned to at least 1 in 2 that seek mental health counseling being from that same pool. It may be true, or it may be true that gun owners are proportionally overrepresented or underrepresented in the counseling seekers pool. Without further citation of studies, it is a leap without a net.
"The sad reality is that mass shootings get more buy-in and ruffle more emotional feathers." That is quite a judgmental statement about your fellow citizens. Mass shooting victims do not make a choice to be murdered, while suicide, sad as it is, does not randomly take outsiders with them. Because of that reality, I'm more concerned with mass shooters and drunk drivers, violent people I have zero ability to avoid other than locking myself in my home.
if mental health professionals want to curb gun violence and suicides, they should stop giving out mind altering drugs that are known to cause homicidal or suicidal thoughts.
I have a quibble with the jump from, perhaps, 45-50% of all persons living in a home where a gun is owned to at least 1 in 2 that seek mental health counseling being from that same pool. It may be true, or it may be true that gun owners are proportionally overrepresented or underrepresented in the counseling seekers pool. Without further citation of studies, it is a leap without a net.
"The sad reality is that mass shootings get more buy-in and ruffle more emotional feathers." That is quite a judgmental statement about your fellow citizens. Mass shooting victims do not make a choice to be murdered, while suicide, sad as it is, does not randomly take outsiders with them. Because of that reality, I'm more concerned with mass shooters and drunk drivers, violent people I have zero ability to avoid other than locking myself in my home.