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Why banning the mentally ill from gun ownership is actually dangerous (THREAD)
Let me start by saying I am not an NRA member or gun nut. I purchased my first firearm at 25 years old
However, I am familiar with power structures and how they can be manipulated
Let me start by saying I am not an NRA member or gun nut. I purchased my first firearm at 25 years old
However, I am familiar with power structures and how they can be manipulated
Most reasonable people would agree that prohibiting actually mentally ill people from gun ownership is sensible
The challenge then becomes how we define mentally ill
The grey areas surrounding mental illness have always been politically influenced
The challenge then becomes how we define mentally ill
The grey areas surrounding mental illness have always been politically influenced
For example, when the American Psychiatric Association first put out the first Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, being gay was considered a mental disorder https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201509/when-homosexuality-stopped-being-mental-disorder
Last year, the World Health Organization declassified being transgender as a mental disorder https://time.com/5596845/world-health-organization-transgender-identity/
Also in 2019, the APA's updated guidelines started shitting on traditional masculinity, declaring it can be harmful for boys https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/science/apa-traditional-masculinity-harmful.html
Also in 2019, the APA's updated guidelines started shitting on traditional masculinity, declaring it can be harmful for boys https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/science/apa-traditional-masculinity-harmful.html
As we've come to realize over the years, big prominent institutions are not the objective, dispassionate entities they once plausibly were
Many have been hijacked by political radicals
And we already know the APA has an issue with men owning guns https://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/gun-violence-prevention
Many have been hijacked by political radicals
And we already know the APA has an issue with men owning guns https://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/gun-violence-prevention
Take one small step to the left, & you can expect behavior we consider normal to be defined as mentally ill
Call your friend a sissy? You're toxically masculine. Banned
Get in a fight in middle school? Toxic. Banned
Want a gun for family protection? Conspiracy Theorist. Banned
Call your friend a sissy? You're toxically masculine. Banned
Get in a fight in middle school? Toxic. Banned
Want a gun for family protection? Conspiracy Theorist. Banned
So don't believe the seemingly no-brain issue of banning the mentally ill from gun ownership will actually do what it's claimed to do
Like most free lunches, this is certainly a Trojan Horse
Like most free lunches, this is certainly a Trojan Horse
