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Comments :: McCrory: Mental health should be focus of shooting response

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Unbroken, your definitely wrong, "DOJ", 2004 study showed that someone using a knife against a gun, could get to you and cut and kill you within 21 steps, before you could remove the firearm/handgun. So maybe you should stop with the exaggerations. Really the problem with this whole blog, is most of you have no idea of what your talking about, and instead of being informed your just spouting.....sad....

No one said that guns are not dangerous in the wrong hands, it's how you respond to such situations, (TJPC), we can't help your a spineless terd that want's the gov't to do everything for you, including your personal safety....

Truly American, everything you said, was wrong and encroachment on ALL of this sovereign nations citizens, second amendment rights! There's no legal language anywhere that gives you or any elected official the right to tell me how many rounds my weapon/weapons can hold. You can't tell me how well my shooting should be or accurate. LISTEN UP, there is no system in place that can mandate that only the owner of a weapon be the one who cycles that weapon! PERIOD! Your just scared, tired, sad like the rest of us about this horror! But most of us aren't scared that our neighbor owns something that we don't, that can be used for good mostly, and rarely evil. You might want to seek professional help for that.

@cwmllc1952....please stop, just stop with rhetoric, instead of facts. Everyone's heart is broken, but telling non truths, isn't going to solve anything.

sillywabbitthepatriot::::Guns aren't the ONLY problem here and dismissing mental illness because of your political stance is irresponsible and ignorant.

I will go so far as to say that the mental health issue is so far ahead of the gun issue in every way. There are a lot of mentally ill people roaming the streets that have never hurt anyone, but they still need heelp and that help is NOT available for them.

Help is, however, available for the pet projects of the past governor and the others before her. It's available to cover the illegals, to convert Dix Hill to a "destination park" whatever THAT is, and let's not forget the free babysitting services for pre school. In the meantime, mentally ill folks are on the losing end every day. This needs to stop and stop NOW!

"Maybe some of these bleeding hearts here should research one of the reasons WHY the founding fathers wrote the 2nd admendment into the Constitution-it wasn't JUST to keep our rights as citizens, homeowners, families, etc for protection against evil PERSONS-it was also to protect us from a gov't of TRYANNY. And if you don't think we could ever be headed down that path, then you are not prepared. lasm"

Don't forget to pick up some tinfoil on the way home. Your hat is starting to leak.

Well said vacendak4

IF you get rid of guns (which is impossible) look at drugs last I checked those were illegal, not talking Marijuana either and killing our children just slowly. Kids can come from good families/backgrounds and Lose their functionality as a human. Prescriptions being worse in some cases. Also, guns just like drugs can not kill if not used with that intent. Unless the mentality is taken care of you can not get rid of the problem. Guns/Drugs by themselves are harmless. Yes accidents happen... but your car is a deadly weapon too. And terrible accidents have happened without drugs or alcohol being involved too. Cause even one death let alone 32 deaths is not ok. I agree with working on the Mental Health system. If you take away guns, I think that prohibition will work as well as any of the others, pretty poorly. I think it is time for parents to get the help they need (cause if a parent tries to help but the system will not help=fail.

ew2152: I, nor anyone else, could have said it better. Maybe some of these bleeding hearts here should research one of the reasons WHY the founding fathers wrote the 2nd admendment into the Constitution-it wasn't JUST to keep our rights as citizens, homeowners, families, etc for protection against evil PERSONS-it was also to protect us from a gov't of TRYANNY. And if you don't think we could ever be headed down that path, then you are not prepared. My dad taught me, for everything in life on this earth, to hope(and pray)for the best-but be prepared for the worst. It has served me well.

Actually the school shooting in Conn only allowed the current administration to jump into the topic of guns and controlls again. It was a shameful way to divert attention from the real issues of illegal gun possession, which they know they will never be able to control. Anyone owning a legal gun is recorded and they know exactly where to find those guns so what kind of gun control will stop criminals from attaining guns???? That is the real job to be done, not legal owners.

We have a totally disfunctional group of people running this country that live in their own little worlds and want their own little way on everything regardless the consequences for the rest of the population!

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