Posted by Dr. Bob on January 9, 2013, at 21:53:49
In reply to Re: NRA members have $$$$$$$, posted by LostBoyinNC43 on December 24, 2012, at 12:36:54
> Looks like his sole purpose was to redirect my post to a place that no one will see it then left.
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> Doesn't hurt my feelings but it would be nice to have some consistency in moderation.
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> I guess it would be nice if Santa was real but that ain't happening either.
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> Merry Christmas P.Foiled, other people saw it anyway! I agree, more consistency in moderation would be nice. I'm real, at least. Merry Christmas, belatedly, to you, too.
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> I am an long-time NRA member. I support the NRA. I also support forced medicating of the severely mentally ill. I am also mentally ill myself, see a psychiatrist, take medications voluntarily.
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> Target shooting, hunting and reloading ammunition are very therapeutic for mental illness, btw. I am deer hunting as I type this. It has helped me greatly. If I heard voices or was involuntarily committed, I'd turn in my guns keeping my own safety in mind and give up my hobby. Until then, I will keep on keepin on.
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> Eric AKA "LostBoyinNC"> I can tell you this from personal experience, offline experience. The leftist, liberal stereotype of the average NRA member as being a r*dn*ck who drives a pickup truck and lives in a trailer is far from true. Many if not most of these NRA members are solidly middle class, many are upper middle class. Guns is a money sport. You have to have money to target shoot, to hunt on a regular basis, to collect guns.
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> Im around gun culture people regularly and I can tell you, many of them want us re-institutionalized. Many of these people want to go back to the days of the sixties and seventies when the chronically mentally ill were in state mental institutions long term. And these NRA people have the kind of money and political clout to possibly get it pushed through, politically.
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> Sad thing is, I hate to say, after being involved with psychiatry since late 97, I just about agree with them. So many people with severe mental illness live such awful lives left to their own. If there were medications that ACTUALLY WORKED as good as the drug companies claimed, it might be different.
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> Eric AKA "LostBoyinNC"> I agree with many things the NRA said. In fact I said the same thing. You have kids and at night you hear a window break. What will you do, grab a broom?
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> I told my friend two days ago that I thought I was ready to have my guns back, I felt great. Today I called him and asked him to hold them a bit longer. I've attempted suicide in the past. With a gun I wouldn't be here right now. Not the guns fault.
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> PhilI'm glad different sides of this issue are represented here. I'm glad we don't have to resort to stereotypes because the mentally ill and NRA members are both represented here, too. I'm glad the different sides agree on some things (there are times when people should give up their guns). I bet they also agree it would be nice if medications worked better.
Bob
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