[hitkicker]

I think that the Ammoland article makes a critical point that needs to be followed up on:

Either the gun banners admit that psychotropic drugs are a common feature of mass shootings and therefore should be looked at more closely, rather than passing useless gun control laws*,

Or the gun banners admit that this is just an excuse to confiscate guns. They can’t have it both ways.

*I’m not suggesting that I back the automatic confiscation of guns from a person that is prescribed these drugs; I’m suggesting that 1) the drugs themselves need to be carefully looked at, and 2) the gun banners must be consistent and we must require them to be so. They can’t be allowed to claim that the drugs had nothing to do with the shootings and then simultaneously claim that all who take them must surrender their guns.

[muawiyah]

The problem here is that the psychotropic drugs do not cause schizophrenia or psychotic breaks. They are 'associated' with that condition at all simply because doctors will try anything possible to alleviate the symptoms of schizophrenia!

The head cases will go on to be head cases no matter what you give them because NOTHING TREATS SCHIZOPHRENIA. So, we trank them.

Not all the head cases are violent.

[Wilhelm Tell]

” the gun banners must be consistent and we must require them to be so. They can’t be allowed to claim that the drugs had nothing to do with the shootings and then simultaneously claim that all who take them must surrender their guns.”

If we had a free, independent news media, they would be asking questions like that. But we don’t so such questions are never raised.