• dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 months ago

      There’s “gun control” and then there’s “gun control”. Disarming people because you’re afraid of them and disarming people that have a criminal record and mental health issues are not the same thing.

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        11 months ago

        disarming people that have a criminal record

        This is already the law.

        mental health issues

        As NAMI says:

        The truth is that the vast majority of violence is not perpetrated by people with mental illness — in fact, they are more likely to be victims of violent crime or self-inflicted injury. The myth that people with mental illness are violent perpetuates stigma and distracts from the real issues.