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http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/ClaireWolfe/2013/04/11/random-observations-on-mood-and-its-meaning-and-of-course-guns/ **** **** *Random observations on mood and its meaning; and of course, guns ***** **** Thursday, April 11th, 2013 **** On guns and “mental illness” **** Claire Wolfe **** **** You know I don’t usually get into conspiracy theories, but some connections are just too convenient. **** First, you build a medical/pharmaceutical industry that successfully pushes the notion that every little sorrow, nervous twitch, or bit of restlessness is a “disease” that needs to be treated with psychoactive drugs. Then you go on a holy crusade to take guns away from the “mentally ill” (and all the bobbleheads who haven’t thought about the implications repeat “good idea, good idea, good idea”). **** So with the consent of the ignorant, complacent, well-programmed, and the devious slimeballs who take advantage of all of the above, any one of the millions who’ve been propagandized into taking one of those psychoactive drugs can become a candidate for losing his or her gun rights. No due process, no nothin’. (Added: Well, maybe the opinion of an authoritarian, anti-gun counselor or shrink.)**** It’s just too-too perfect. Politically elegant.**** The people who are so eager to grab the guns (you will not be surprised) don’t much care whose guns they take<http://www.activistpost.com/2013/04/new-york-officials-wrongly-confiscate.html>in the process. Because after all, the point isn’t preserving rights, it’s taking rights from one and all. Grab the guns from the “wrong” guy? But there *are no wrong guys* when it comes to taking away firearms!**** Oh yeah, and it helps if you also set up “medical privacy” systems that centralize your health-care data and share it willy-nilly with “authorities.”**** —–**** Now as this trend takes hold, how many gun owners who might actually benefit by some of those drugs will avoid getting help because they fear the cop-knock on the door? We know that some murders have been committed because drugs exacerbated the problems they were supposed to help. How many other acts of violence may be committed because somebody who might have been helped by drugs goes over the edge?**** And how many gun owners who would never dream that their depression, anxiety, or ADHD constitutes a “mental illness” will remain blissfully ignorant until Authoritah comes for them?**** And how many of those gun owners will have, in fact, supported the laws to “take guns out of the hands of the mentally ill”? *But wait! Not me! You were only supposed to take some dangerous wacko’s guns!* Sorry, guy. *You’re * the dangerous wacko now, dontcha know?**** **** -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
