Posted on 07/21/2021 4:49:49 PM PDT by ammodotcom
On this episode of the Resistance Library Podcast, Sam and David discuss the corresponding rise of antidepressants, SSRIs, and mass shootings. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a mass murder occurs when at least four people are murdered, not including the shooter, over a relatively short period of time during a single incident. Over the last 30 years, the United States has seen a significant increase in mass shootings, which are becoming more frequent and more deadly.
Seemingly every time a mass shooting occurs, whether it’s at a synagogue in Pittsburgh or a nightclub in Orlando, the anti-gun media and politicians have a knee-jerk response – they blame the tragedy solely on the tool used, namely firearms, and focus all of their proposed “solutions” on more laws, ignoring that the murderer already broke numerous laws when they committed their atrocity.
Facts matter when addressing such an emotionally charged topic, and more gun control legislation has shown that law-abiding Americans who own guns are not the problem. Consider the following: The more gun control laws that are passed, the more mass murders have occurred.
Whether or not this is correlation or causation is debatable. What is not debatable is that this sick phenomenon of mass murderers targeting “gun-free zones,” where they know civilian carry isn’t available to law-abiding Americans, is happening. According to the Crime Prevention Research Center, 97.8 percent of public shootings occur in “gun-free zones” – and “gun-free zones” are the epitome of the core philosophical tenant of gun control, that laws are all the defense one needs against violence.
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There’s an obvious link, but not a lot of research into the mechanics. Just read the labels or the black box on these drugs. They probably do help a lot of people, but in some small fractions of a percentage of people who take them it creates suicidal and/or homicidal ideation. So give them to millions of people and you’re gonna get a few dozen or so who go crazy. Not enough study between the link and the mechanism; and perhaps since they are so often just routinely prescribed not enough follow-up examination on whether they are actually helping (most of the time, I presume) or hurting (rarely) the patient.
Just my 2 cents.
What I see is a move by feds to make antidepressants into controlled substances and allow the DEA state med boards and other anti-gun agencies to follow people on them and use as a pretext for red flag gun confiscation.
Absolutely. And of course many people who actually need medical care will avoid it for fear of having their rights violated, and become greatly harmed as the result. But whatever lets the feds grab more guns is quite alright by them.
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