tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post3171241550310689461..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-81368504758009455272012-07-25T18:06:46.869-04:002012-07-25T18:06:46.869-04:00this is nice,a fairly sane discussion started. My...this is nice,a fairly sane discussion started. My son killed 5 of 6 targets, then himself,May 30, this year. I have been thinking...<br /><br />Mental health is to some the "NEW JIM CROW." This fits well with the dimmer views, considering Prison Corp of America PROMISING California an 89% OCCUPANCY in PRISON! You build it, we will bill from it. Cozy work for some.<br /><br />How far do we want to go down therapy road before the "gun thang" has a moment for the others and is willing to enter the talks?<br /><br />Why new laws? no damn good reason! ENFORCE and TUNE UP the laws we have. Don't abandon baby gang bangers until they finally use the guns you never gave a slap on the wrists for! That was an act of collective, SOCIETAL .. CHILD ABANDONMENT!<br /><br />I am concened Brooks champions PSYCHIATRY, THE GOD OF MENTAL INTERVENTIONS. I would prefer community networks, human to human contact, some school watches, some better , or just the return of community policing and the women who used to come help infants and school kids...when mommine and daddy went to jail on that domestic fracus...That is the level I want. Psychologists, counselors and like one respondent to a news story of my son..."have a mental counseling store on every block." Beats big brother to the one size fits all program and it beats Herr Psychiatrist but only IMHO.<br /><br />a case showing concered significant others should start something, and not at this point should it be drugs and a holding facility. It might or might not get to that. What we need is to start the triage now, while the plague is ...still containable.<br /><br />waltinseattle,gmail, etc etc etcUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07786838549570021994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-2821625379227466972012-07-24T14:13:29.602-04:002012-07-24T14:13:29.602-04:00If you put minimal barriers in place -- say, no mo...If you put minimal barriers in place -- say, no more than you do for a woman terminating a pregnancy -- I wonder what the decrease in purchases would be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-67826377695185270002012-07-24T12:09:05.819-04:002012-07-24T12:09:05.819-04:00Surely 9/11 wasn't the time to discuss Al Qaed...Surely 9/11 wasn't the time to discuss Al Qaeda, or airline security, or terrorism, or cooperation among intelligence agencies! It would have been an insult to the victims!Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-32240971997976970002012-07-24T11:42:04.026-04:002012-07-24T11:42:04.026-04:00I am tired of hearing commentators saying, "N...I am tired of hearing commentators saying, "Now is not the time to discuss guns". When there's an e coli outbreak, does anyone say, "Now is not the time to talk about food safety"? When there's a hurricane, does anyone say, "Now is not the time to talk about being properly prepared for storms"? However, when it comes to guns, they aren't supposed to be discussed after a horrific episode such as the latest one.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340759141334792771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-55531376797020176832012-07-24T10:46:33.360-04:002012-07-24T10:46:33.360-04:00Now, no one notices if you go and buy tons of guns...Now, no one notices if you go and buy tons of guns of all sizes and calibers, and thousands and thousands of rounds of ammunition, and full body armor.<br />Ho-hum...<br />No government "trigger mechanism" allowed - it's against that person's rights.<br /><br />But, I'm worried that next year, if I have the flu, and go and buy a bit more than my share of antihistamines, like Sudafed, at too many different stores, that SWAT teams will descend upon my house like vultures on roadkill - thinking I'm running a meth lab.<br /><br />So - guns - OK!<br />Antihistamines - BUSTED!!!<br />What's the matter with this picture?<br /><br />The other problem is - it takes a lot to commit someone who doesn't want to be committed.<br />Especially since so many states have had to cut Mental Health Services.<br />Btw: All of this cutting of Mental Health services started with, of course, Ronald Reagan.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-51243585387338420002012-07-24T10:31:09.665-04:002012-07-24T10:31:09.665-04:00"It's like running a prison and not being..."It's like running a prison and not being certain whether a new inmate is a suicide risk, but not being allowed to take his belt away except under extraordinary circumstances, because the pro-belt lobby is so powerful."<br /><br />Speaking of which, the gun lobby has been so successful in protecting nearly anything that's pro gun (See "Stand Your Ground" laws) that I wouldn't be surprised if their next move is for legislating permitting prison inmates to carry weapons.<br /><br />Crankily yours,<br />The New York CrankThe New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.com