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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

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

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">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/h...

When Homosexuality Stopped Being a Mental Disorder

Not until 1987 did homosexuality completely fall out of the DSM.

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">https://time.com/5596845/w... in 2019, the APA& #39;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">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/1...

Traditional Masculinity Can Hurt Boys, Say New A.P.A. Guidelines

Men die earlier than women and commit more acts of violence. But the American Psychological Association did not have a guide for working with males, in part because they were historically considered...

https://time.com/5596845/world-health-organization-transgender-identity/

As we& #39;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">https://www.apa.org/pubs/info...

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& #39;re toxically masculine. Banned

Get in a fight in middle school? Toxic. Banned

Want a gun for family protection? Conspiracy Theorist. Banned

So don& #39;t believe the seemingly no-brain issue of banning the mentally ill from gun ownership will actually do what it& #39;s claimed to do

Like most free lunches, this is certainly a Trojan Horse

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