MaverickNH
NES Member
While the liberal left gun control advocates accuse GOP, NRA and Trump of putting guns in the hands of the mentally ill al the time for insisting on proper Due Process before deprive Veterans of 2nd Amendment Rights, this lawyer insists we repeal gun bans for the mentally ill.
I initially though she was crazy herself, but she raises the point that past violence and substance abuse are more relevant than mental illness. Her focus is mass shootings which, while claiming media and public attention, remain less than 1% of homicides. How about those other 99%?
While mental health advocates always remind us that only ~3% of the mentally ill may be violent, who listens when gun rights advocates remind us that 1000-fold fewer CCW permit holders commit firearms-related crimes?
Lawyers, Guns, and Mental Illness by Susan McMahon :: SSRN
I initially though she was crazy herself, but she raises the point that past violence and substance abuse are more relevant than mental illness. Her focus is mass shootings which, while claiming media and public attention, remain less than 1% of homicides. How about those other 99%?
While mental health advocates always remind us that only ~3% of the mentally ill may be violent, who listens when gun rights advocates remind us that 1000-fold fewer CCW permit holders commit firearms-related crimes?
Lawyers, Guns, and Mental Illness by Susan McMahon :: SSRN