From the article: Perspective on Guns and Mental Illness
Too often perpetrators of mass shootings are found to be mentally ill. Does this mean gun ownership should be restricted? Share Your Thoughts
Disgruntled bi polar man
- I am a bi polar man that has more mania than depression, which means I am often up for two or three days without sleep as my brain races. I also have severe panic attacks in crowds. I have been denied ssi twice . One time was because my paper work was not done in time or in the right manner. The second time they do not even use the doctor who is treating me as part of the determination and say Im perfectly capable of functioning in society and working. I am not however as I hardly ever sleep. I do not have any felonies and I have never been a violent person. I have been a hunter all my life and now they not only do not want to help me , they want to add insult to injury by trying to say that bi polar people should not be allowed to own firearms. So don't fear the bi polar people and the menally ill. Fear the government that neglects the needs of the mentally ill and causes them to become desperate and disgurntled mentally ill people. Even now that Im angry I still would not hurt anyone
- —Galen_Richards
Bipolar Mom
- Here is the deal, I'm B.P my 17 & 18 yr.old boys are also. And yes I take my daily does of meds. not to keep my neighbors safe but to try and give me some type of "normal" life. PLEASE if you do not have this disease DO NOT judge those who do! Please try & educate yourself not on how we can be "dangerous" to you, but on the emotional termoil we go through on a moment by moment basis just to get through the day. B.P people are emotional/verbal more than physical, please educate your self. Look at the facts, domistic violence causes more shooting, police calls and arrests each year that all of the mental illnesses together. I guess WE should lock our doors and keep our kids inside.
- —Guest Debbie
How to correct the system?!!
- It is wrong to keep a person declared mentally ill from defending themself and to be ill equipped. I agree with the girl before who said why to tell her she can't possess one, even if she doesn't necessarily want to ever own one. I say that's right too because it is an infringement on a person's liberty.
- —Guest anonymous
Mental Ilness (BP) and gun ownership
- I am in the middle of a situation concerning my neighbors. He is BP and apparently off his meds. He has a hearing this week for assaulting his son, is on a 72 hr hold and is paranoid and pissed off at the world. he has several guns, some with a friend and one being held at the sheriffs dept. they say if he gets let go after his hearing they will give him his gun back. A month ago, he was just fine, and sounds exactly like the others on this site with BP. He insists that he is fine and has his rights. he always thinks he is fine. but my friend's family, and possibly mine, is at risk as a result. My husband "tricked" him into going for the evaluation and he is now angry with him. All he can talk about is getting his guns. I'm sorry if those who have been diagnosed mentally ill are offended, but the safety of those who have to deal with someone who is not in their right mind should be the number one priority. this scares me and there is little we can do, sadly, until it is too late.
- —Guest concerned friend
defeceive I think not
- BP people are different, Not defective. Some peoble believe that gay people are defective. Is everyone who has an addiction, Sex, drugs ,shopping, gambling etc mentally defective. For years I was bothered that someone would find out that I was bipolar. Most of the people who would judge me because of that must be mentally defective. In the news today someone had given a 12 year old boy a shotgun as a gift. He used it to commit murder......Who was mentally defective.....The boy or his father.
- —Guest image121
Guns and Mental Ilness
- I don't believe I shouldn't have the right to bare arms just because I have BP. I think I have every right to protect myself as any other American citizen does. I don't think I am a defect, I just have personality. And being on medication; controlled BP should be a good enough reason to allow me to own a weapon. Now if someone is unmedicated, sure they should review his/or her mental status. Perhaps anyone wanting a gun should be evaluated just as a precaution of someone slipping thru the cracks. But I don't think it's really a good idea to restrict people's rights, if most of the percentage has not violated them.
- —mandyleew
