Comments on: The problem of treating the psychotic http://www.bloggernews.net/16116 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 27 May 2012 21:19:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: rjp3 http://www.bloggernews.net/16116#comment-15187 rjp3 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:39:30 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16116#comment-15187 Knowing that you (like any of us) could experience a decline into mental illness and be diagnosed as a “Danger To Yourself and Others”, would you be ok with a law that would prevent the legal sale of guns to you? After listening to a bunch of co-workers rattle-on about the VT shooter this morning (blah blah blah), I raised that question. As expected - there was outrage at that idea. Co-Worker: “What! I have been to therapy - do I not get to have a gun?” Me: “Well “Joan”, if you have been diagnosed as a threat to others, I would be ok with saying: no guns for you.” She was not happy! I quickly changed the conversation to Sanjaya / American Idol. Common sense seems not to apply to the guns debate. Knowing that you (like any of us) could experience a decline into mental illness and be diagnosed as a “Danger To Yourself and Others”, would you be ok with a law that would prevent the legal sale of guns to you?

After listening to a bunch of co-workers rattle-on about the VT shooter this morning (blah blah blah), I raised that question.

As expected - there was outrage at that idea.

Co-Worker:
“What! I have been to therapy - do I not get to have a gun?”

Me:
“Well “Joan”, if you have been diagnosed as a threat to others,
I would be ok with saying: no guns for you.”

She was not happy!

I quickly changed the conversation to Sanjaya / American Idol.
Common sense seems not to apply to the guns debate.

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