The thinking is that yes, it's a mental health problem, but it's not my problem, and not one cent of my tax dollars deserve to go toward helping mentally ill people. If you're going to engage a conservative on this issue, you have to understand this key point and start there.
I think it's worth noting that helping the mentally ill, either with our without government funding, depends LARGELY on the compliance of the patient, and a lot of times, no matter how hard therapists and other mental health specialsts try, they cannot help someone who won't do what is suggested. ie, take medication, change behaviors, et al. So, it's not just as easy as throwing government money at the problem. BUT. In fact there are many county state funded mental facilities in existance. The one in Douglas county nebraska has a five star rating and has helped many people.
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That’s one issue with homelessness in SF, if it was purely a space issue it would be easier to solve but a portion of the homeless are that way because they are mentally unable to take care of themselves let alone a place to live and can be quite destructive if left to their own devices. Which makes the tech-bro answers of “just shove them into the empty office space” frustrating, as it wasn’t designed for that to begin with, let alone with people digging demons out of the walls and pouring things down the drains.
Unfortunately the system just leaves people to their own devices right up until they bump into cops enough or commit a crime and then end up in prison, where the rich don’t have to see them anymore but they still don’t get help for their problems.
The personal fire arm, designed by American firearms inventor Samuel Colt, changed almost everything about personal defense. (and of course crime)
Further advances in small pocket pistols, which could be carried in purse or pocket, drastically changed the nature of a society that allows personal protection, at the cost of the occasional horrific accident, or psycho shooting up everybody.
Of course criminals also benefited from the concealable weapon.
America, almost alone in that world (1845 and forward), had handguns that quickly became easy to use and maintain, and the rest is history.
Countries that don't allow personal handguns, ammunition or rifles, suddenly wish everybody had one, when the Russians start rolling in.
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"Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, "Is it reasonable?""
I'm pretty sure that if anyone in the crowd had a Colt python, nobody would have been eaten by the bear.
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Ironically, in the US, if you have to shoot a bear to protect your kid, you will probably be arrested.
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"Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, "Is it reasonable?""
Says the man right before he gets eaten by a bear ...
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It’s always amazing to protect themselves from an intruder they will happily blast through their own property.
Dystopian company idea, a company that catalogs and rates people based on the chance they will try to murder your Pool/Internet/gas/plumber tech and provides ample alerts to the home owner whenever someone is near.
A Thanksgiving 2020/2021 index of people who flew to have festivities in families matched up with family obituaries a month later based on social media posts.
HR gets resume/CV. Check database. Dude's judgment may have killed two uncles and a grandpa. Bin resume.
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Starting today it is legal for anyone 21 and up who’s felony free to conceal carry a firearm in public or into any establishment in Florida that isn’t a bar, school or government building.
I have heard an armed society is a polite society, and Floridian’s are already known for their politeness, let’s see how this turns out.
Starting today it is legal for anyone 21 and up who’s felony free to conceal carry a firearm in public or into any establishment in Florida that isn’t a bar, school or government building.
I have heard an armed society is a polite society, and Floridian’s are already known for their politeness, let’s see how this turns out.
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