Posted on 04/08/2015 1:57:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Almost one in 10 Americans has a history of impulsive and angry behavior and ready access to guns, new research indicates.
The serious mental health issues that would legally prevent someone from purchasing a gun -- such as involuntary commitment to a psychiatric ward for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder -- only account for about 4 percent of U.S. gun violence, noted study author Jeffrey Swanson.
"There is a potentially much larger group of individuals in our society who struggle with pathological impulsive and destructive anger that would not normally turn up as serious mental illness on a background check," said Swanson, a professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.
Yet these people -- mostly young or middle-aged men -- break and smash things and get into fights when they get angry, his study found.
The study of more than 5,600 adults found that 8.9 percent of them were admittedly short-fused people who had guns at home, "which I would say is something of a wake-up call," Swanson said. And 1.5 percent of them also carried their guns outside the home.
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I have "anger issues" whatever that means. In my mind, it means I am angry about A LOT - corrupt government who has the power to take what I have, bankrupt my country, play footsie with governments who want my country to disappear, fraud and waste that is condoned and sought after by "our leaders", crime that is not punished.
I have a lot of rage, believe me. And I grew up with guns and had them in my house well until in my 40s. Never even contemplated shooting anyone.
Sorry to dispel your wet dream, stupid libs.
I’m angry but will never give them the satifaction of pulling a gun in anger. Screw the gun grabbing leftists!
Also, if I off myself, it will be off a nice high bridge, not by using a gun!
I got it all figured out, you see!
Where’s my Xanax!!!!
Aaaaaaaarrrrrrg!!!!!
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