Posted on 06/03/2013 7:05:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai
President Barack Obama said Monday that he wants to end the stigma of mental illness and enrolled the star power of actors Bradley Cooper and Glenn Close at a White House conference organized in response to the December shootings at a Connecticut elementary school.
The event was designed to encourage those struggling with mental illness to seek treatment, although some attendees noted the government needs to provide more resources to meet that goal.
Despite its origins, there was a notable lack of discussion of gun violence at the conference. The president never mentioned the matter as he opened the gathering from the East Room, instead stressing that he wants to make it clear that the majority of the mentally ill are not violent. He said his main goal in hosting the conference is “bringing mental illness out of the shadows” and encouraging those suffering to get help, particularly veterans and young people. …
There’s been little publicly disclosed about the mental health of Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza, although it’s been documented that other gunmen involved in mass shootings suffered from mental illness. Federal law bans certain mentally ill people from purchasing firearms, but the background check system is woefully incomplete and Obama is trying to get more mental health records included. …
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Yeah... let's bring in the experts. Sheesh!
ALWAYS think “Opposite Day” with Obama.
Should have brought in Chris Matthews, Gwen Ifil, and that Maddow dude.
Always keep an eye on the other hand.
I'd pay to see that.
Let’s give guns to all mentally ill people, no matter how serious their problems are. Let’s see how that works out.
Remember four or five months ago the DOJ announced that it would consider job applicants that were mentally unsound or mentally handicapped.
Adam Lanza, James Holmes, Jared Loughner, and Nidal Hasan were all obviously bat____ crazy, and nobody was willing to do anything about it because it would hurt their feelies.
Ø’brazen wants to impose mandatory mental health screenings. Having most of the industry in his pocket ensures that your state of mind will be measured and judged by your political leanings with mandatory weapons seizures occurring “for the children”.
really about gun control?
Yup!
If he REALLY wants to put an end to the stigma of mental illness, he should retire.
Communist Goals (1963) Congressional Record—Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963
# 39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
http://rense.com/general32/americ.htm
Stigma schtigma. These nuts would have been committed in yesteryear because of being dangerous risks, not because they might “offend” the public.
Most mental illnesses are like most broken bones. They can be fully overcome with appropriate treatment.
What is the appropriate treatment for liberalism?
The end of waivers exempting them from their own policies.
Generally when they are subjected to that with someone else in charge they get a new outlook.
He's as crazy as Nidal Hassan and Colorado theater murderer James Holmes.
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