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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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To: Delta 21

Also had a Cthlulu pin.

No one, has Ever, re-written Cthlulu into a hero or anti-hero.

It’s always been an unstoppable evil.


61 posted on 05/20/2018 2:46:38 PM 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: To-Whose-Benefit?

A lot of kids don’t do well on psychotropics, especially antidepressants. They have a history of causing suicidal+ thoughts in some kids, up through adolescence. I suspect that a lot of kids who are on Ritalin and other stimulants, do NOT have ADHD, in the first place. I have been on Concerta and it’s short acting form, Ritalin, for many years, but as an older adult. It has been referred to as “speed”, but I can tell you, in people who have ADHD or ADD, it does NOT produce the same reactions that speed produces in a person who does NOT have such a disorder. It never hypes me up in the least. As someone with adult ADD, (no hyperactivity), my doctor prescribes it to “keep me out of my head”. Otherwise, my brain is crowded with overlapping thoughts (normal thoughts -— just too many at once). It’s sort of like trying to make a decision about what to order at a restaurant, when there are WAY too many items on the menu, and I don’t really know what I’m hungry for. Also, I tend to talk too much, and over think everything. That’s why I sometimes ask, jokingly, in my comments, “can you tell I forgot to take my Ritalin, today?”. I know of children who do well on stimulants such as Ritalin, but, yes, it’s destructive if taken by someone who does NOT have the disorders for which it is prescribed.


62 posted on 05/20/2018 2:51:41 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Truthoverpower
>It’s a dangerous place for boys. The public schools<

Very true.

We can't change the public schools by storming their gates and breaking down their doors.

We have to Blitzkrieg them. Blitzkrieg was going around the enemy, overcoming his flanks, and getting into his rear areas that weren't designed to be on the front lines. The enemy was over run before he knew what was happening.

OK. We have to go around the unions, the commie graduates of the colleges of education, and of course the Rat party.

Men—there aren't enough of us in the public schools. What we see are feminists and other female losers ruining our children's education.

I'm trying to start a boys school because boys need to regroup from the sickness of feminist public education.

We men have to dump the public schools that dump on us.

Start small private schools sponsored by churches, veteran's groups, and other private citizens.

I'm in touch with some state legislators asking them to tell the public what the school laws in Oregon are about. What does the state constitution say about compulsory education? What us the history of our/your state's education laws? Who pushed them and why?

Then, find loopholes where private citizens like homeschoolers can really educate our young men.

Go around public schools. Fight fair, and fight to win. It will take some time to get an educational Blitzkrieg going, but I'm certainly going to do it.

Starting is always the hardest part.

But men have started civilizations and brought them to fruition before.

And make no mistake—educating our boys to be men is a battle to save our civilization.

63 posted on 05/20/2018 5:10:14 PM PDT by sciencewriter86
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To: Marchmain

Not Ritalin. SSRIs. North is wrong.


64 posted on 05/20/2018 9:47:24 PM PDT by glock rocks (... so much win!)
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To: EdnaMode

Lame comments, pathetic really. So metal detectors will solve this?! Why not get rid of gun free zones, arm teachers, and let parents with ccw carry? Going off in discussion of drugs, etc., does nothing. And metal detectors? Seriously?!


65 posted on 05/21/2018 12:30:17 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: EdnaMode

Such stupid comments, not surprising from disgraced Marine North. He should resign. I’m embarrassed that NRA made him president. So unrepresentative of gun owners, just a partisan hack that hurt Reagan, disgraced his uniform, and lost every election he tried. Now, he’s on path to undermine NRA.


66 posted on 05/21/2018 12:32:36 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Big Red Badger

Spanking works if a brat is allowed to do what it wants it only gets worse drugs to ensue.
Have to pay for your actions


67 posted on 05/21/2018 7:56:33 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: BobL

I hear you they cab’t take the truth.


68 posted on 05/21/2018 7:57:31 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: yldstrk

No it saves them from greater harm and they learn how to grow up.


69 posted on 05/21/2018 7:58:51 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: EdnaMode
I have known a few little boys who were on Ritalan and I have a son of my own.....look at this toxit albeit normal picture...the enormous energy little boys have and the time busy parents have to devote to those needs. Skate boarding, basketball, swimming, hiking, projects etc. without these outlets, some children become disruptive. The use of Ritalan was in epidemic mode by busy teachers and parents..When my son was all energy, he had chores and homework and pets to care for, that took care of the lion share of energy, the rest I could handle.

The young boys who were on that drug, did not mature well...I've lost track now. However, as POTUS says the violence of all kinds that are available to these children from the time 'T.V. raises them' to youn g adults with too much time on their hands...and still, parents who are habitually are too busy for them, many are walking time bombs.

70 posted on 05/21/2018 8:24:30 AM PDT by yoe
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