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I got downvoted real bad when I pointed this out to someone who said "making guns illegal just takes them away from people who need to defend themselves."

The defense excuse of gun ownership is a myth. It causes way more harm than good.

That makes sense because of mishandling, mismanagement, and.. Wanting to die sometimes...

Most flight incidents happen on departure and arrival so of course most gun mishaps happen at home.

Guess what I'm saying is it all makes sense one way or the other.

Sadly. Gun nuts don't want to hear any of this. The U.S. gun culture is truly obscene.

Bruh I'd vote for this

Yeah but I'm not so sure we should be allowing people to make that choice on a whim because they're depressed or feeling down at the time. Humans are wildly impulsive sometimes.

And if you get behind, there's the stigma among conservatives about getting a helping hand. Bootstraps and all that, it's sad.

Social media is pretty poisonous for people, and has led to some extreme levels of alienation between people caught up in it and their close friends and family (which is the historical support network).

So people who see the world more like the strangers they have no practical connection with and obsess over the ways in which they see the world differently from those they actually have connections with leads to a very dark place.

There's a number of different factors going on, but I remember seeing private market research around two years ago at the striking divide even within households and realizing we were headed towards serious problems.

Everything is extremist, categorized by binary teams, and outrage driven.

That's not a recipe for a healthy social life, and not having a healthy social life or feeling apart from those in one's life can be devastating on mental health.

I enjoy spending time with my friends I've known for 40+ years. Several of us were out last evening.

I try hard to focus on my personal "bubble". I always vote, yet, know I can't fix the system. I recycle and drive a small 4-cylinder Honda, yet, I know I can't fix climate change. Knowing I do even the smallest things allows me to try to keep my personal "bubble" closed to endless bullshit.

What are you talking about?! There’s so much more profit you can generate for the shareholders!!

But if you end it all now, think of all the debt you’re missing out on!!

Yea, we definitely need a two-pronged (or more) approach to tackle it in the US. Mental health would go a loooooong way for both the suicides and mass shootings.

Red flag laws are just fine when written correctly. That's a ridiculous fear-mongering point. Not all of them are the same nor have the same agencies calling any shots.

You don't have a clue because you're being a pessemist about proven impacts. Red flag laws that target domestic violence and clinical depression have demonstrable impact on the problem. It's intractible because people like you refuse to accept that a step in the right direction is better than nothing. Your attitude is quite pathetic, and you are part of the problem when you go on about how nothing can be done.

I am in a similar situation with my guns. I have two antique long guns. They're locked up, in the crawl space, and I don't keep any ammo in my house.

I have depression and I don't trust myself not to use my guns to kill myself. For me, the inconvenience of accessing them and obtaining ammo feels like a safe compromise.

I agree that this is an enormous problem with no easy solutions.

And if anyone wants to come in here screaming, “BAN all the things!”, just don’t.

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This is one of the most intractable problems in America, and I don’t have a clue what can be done about it.

The 2nd amendment needs to go on the dustbin of history. I'm not saying people can't own guns, but the right to should disappear.

"But that's not realistic", you might say. Sure, it's not going to happen any time soon but I think the US will get there eventually.

You're right, and you're going to get downvoted for it. We have an inequality problem masking as a gun problem. We have a mental health crisis masking as gun problem.

Possible solutions to these situations aren't fast and they don't stir up emotions enough to get people to vote for you. Riling people up and telling them you can fix their problems fast gets votes; saying we have work to do doesn't.

The stigma against mental healthcare won't be gone in my child's generation, but I am happy to see it is being accepted more than it was for mine. Of course, not thinking poorly of people for taking care of themselves doesn't matter if people can't afford to...

You don't hear a good bloodhound gang reference often.