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Incoming NRA President Oliver North blames school shootings on ‘culture of violence,’ Ritalin
Washington Times ^ | May 20, 2018 | Bradford Richardson

Posted on 05/20/2018 8:08:00 AM PDT by EdnaMode

Incoming National Rifle Association President Oliver North says school shootings are the product of a “culture of violence,” not the Second Amendment.

“The problem that we’ve got is we’re trying like the dickens to treat the symptom without treating the disease,” Mr. North said on “Fox News Sunday.” “And the disease in this case isn’t the Second Amendment. The disease is youngsters who are steeped in a culture of violence.” He said everything from violence on television to Ritalin, a drug used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, may be contributing to the problem.

“Nearly all of these perpetrators are male, and they’re young teenagers in most cases, and they’ve come through a culture where violence is commonplace,” Mr. North said. “All we need to do is turn on a TV, go to a movie. If you look at what has happened to the young people, many of these young boys have been on Ritalin since they were in kindergarten. Now, I am certainly not a doctor; I’m a Marine. But I can see those kinds of things happening.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: banglist; nra; olivernorth; ritalin; santafe; santafehigh; santafeshooting; schoolshooting
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He makes a very good point.
1 posted on 05/20/2018 8:08:00 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

I agree Ollie.


2 posted on 05/20/2018 8:11:31 AM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable)
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To: EdnaMode

The NRA in good hands.


3 posted on 05/20/2018 8:12:49 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: EdnaMode

Antipsychotic drugs like Ritalin have side effects. If a person is psychotic it may help. But if a person is not psychotic to begin with, they can bring it about. The schools certainly don’t want to consider it since they’re the ones doing the prescribing.


4 posted on 05/20/2018 8:14:21 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: EdnaMode

5 posted on 05/20/2018 8:18:29 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: EdnaMode

RITALIN!!! AMEN!!! Given to mostly boys to make them into ZOMBIES!!


6 posted on 05/20/2018 8:18:41 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: EdnaMode

He is correct. A hedonistic, debauched society produces disturbed adolescents with no moral compass. Unfortunately the hedonism and debauchery that spawns these lunatics will continue. Face it. Therapy and gun control just doesn’t work The only real option is to be armed and tactically ready to respond when the lunatics act. Also they should not be allowed to surrender once they act.


7 posted on 05/20/2018 8:19:09 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: EdnaMode

Saying “culture of violence” is meaningless. It’s a culture of hot dogs, baseball, pizza, and ice cream.

No. It’s that Christianity/Judaism have been thrown out. They carry with them principles of life, or a moral code. They were replaced with essentially nothing, or nihilistic liberalism.

When the very obvious truths of existence are thrown away, the kids have nothing to replace them with.


8 posted on 05/20/2018 8:21:23 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Are they all going crazy, or have they already gone?)
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To: EdnaMode

I’ve said for a long time that schools are drugging boys to keep them from behaving like boys.


9 posted on 05/20/2018 8:22:04 AM PDT by Retired Chemist
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I’ve read that in some schools 25% of students are on medication of some type. Shocking if true...


10 posted on 05/20/2018 8:25:39 AM PDT by donozark (Restraining orders are just another way of saying I love you.)
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To: EdnaMode

So true!

I just read on Breitbart that the shooter was “weirdly unemotional” afterward. There’s your sign. The kid was probably on mind-altering drugs from a fairly young age. These drugs keep the mind from feeling emotion - my SIL was on them. She said that she felt nothing, which helped her deal with her crazy husband, but it also kept her from crying at sad events and enjoying laughter. She was a zombie.


11 posted on 05/20/2018 8:27:34 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: EdnaMode

Nearly all of these perpetrators are male, and they’re young teenagers in most cases, and they’ve come through a culture where violence is commonplace
Spanking early slows that down.


12 posted on 05/20/2018 8:30:17 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: EdnaMode
Video games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YhJMFX8Lac

13 posted on 05/20/2018 8:30:45 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped)
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Ritalin, violence in media/video games, breakdown of family, kids demanding instant gratification....very little of this has to do with legally owned firearms.

There is no quick, one size fits all answer to school shootings unfortunately.


14 posted on 05/20/2018 8:32:31 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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I blame it on the media for sensationalizing them so they can prommote their gun control agenda.

The next one is just going to be another stupid kid who wants to get famous, and get back at all the loving and caring little liberal nazi kids who bullied him.

And who knows the media will have him all over the news.


15 posted on 05/20/2018 8:34:58 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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Agreed the media is hugely responsible for these shootings. I wish they wouldn’t give them so much coverage.


16 posted on 05/20/2018 8:38:07 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

ADHD is a “disorder” that requires debilitating drugs be administered to children at school, but a boy that thinks he’s a girl is A-OK, no problem! Ollie is correct.


17 posted on 05/20/2018 8:38:36 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: EdnaMode

God Bless you Col North.

Psychiatrist Says More Psychiatry Means More Shootings.
(Dr Peter Breggin)

https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/02/more-psychiatry-means-more-shootings/

“The First Tragic Irony

According to the New York Times, the official department report that found Cruz to be “low risk” indicated that “he was regularly taking medication for A.D.H.D. It was unclear whether he was taking anything for depression, according to the report.”

In more detail, NBC News observed that Nikolas’s adoptive mother “insisted he received his necessary medication as prescribed.”

Investigators from the Department of Children and Families also contacted Cruz’s healthcare provider. NBC News quoted directly from report, “[Cruz’s] clinician from Henderson Mental Health has stated that there are no issues with [Cruz’s] medication and he has been compliant with taking his medication and keeps all his appointments.”

Front Line Drug Treatment for ADHD is Ritalin, Adderal or Concerta: Pharma grade speed.

Cruz (the Parkland Shooter) had 39 encounters with the police. That is not diagnosable as anything but being a Sociopath.

So the experts (sarc.) took a Sociopath and turned him into a speed freak.

Of course the drugs had a major role in the Parkland shootings.

Ollie knows what’s up.


18 posted on 05/20/2018 8:40:25 AM PDT by To-Whose-Benefit? (It is Error alone which needs the support of Government. The Truth can stand by itself.)
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To: EdnaMode

June 2001

19 posted on 05/20/2018 8:44:56 AM PDT by blam
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To: I want the USA back

What you say is true. However, most liberals-and people nowadays-would rather kill themselves...or kill YOU...than admit that there is a God and attempt to try to follow Him.

And, to them, Jesus Christ is nothing but a swear word.


20 posted on 05/20/2018 8:46:34 AM PDT by hoagy62 (America Supreme!)
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