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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Gutsy Trump

From August 27, 2015 CNN:
Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Thursday he is opposed to tightening gun laws in the U.S. but is in favor of addressing mental health to prevent shootings, one day after a man shot two journalists on live television.

"This isn't a gun problem, this is a mental problem," Trump told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day." "It's not a question of the laws, it's really the people."

Calling the gunman a "very sick man," Trump said mental illness is "a massive problem" in the U.S. He suggested more resources should be devoted to addressing mental health -- hoping to prevent shootings like the one in Virginia, which he called "really, very sad."
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7 comments:

  1. Billy OblivionAugust 29, 2015 at 11:38 PM

    I can't recall asking you this before, but has anyone done any work on sorting out whether most of those who murder with a firearm are *already* "prohibited persons"?

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    1. Clayton CramerAugust 30, 2015 at 9:54 AM

      45% of people arrested for murder in 1975 had prior murder convictions, which is a firearms disqualifier.

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  2. wAugust 30, 2015 at 3:46 PM

    Clayton,

    Check out this blog: http://www.readjamesonparker.com/archives/2518#comments I'd like to get a copy of the book on your brother to him.

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  3. Billy OblivionAugust 30, 2015 at 9:50 PM

    So in other words, not recently, and not in great detail?

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  4. wAugust 31, 2015 at 9:32 AM

    Here's a program that discusses mental health and guns from this Morning (8/31) that is a mostly an anti-gun rant. One of the speakers on this has a upcoming book apparently on mental health and guns.

    http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-08-31/americas-tolerance-for-gun-violence

    One guy expressed the typical BS that guns are mostly a white/middle-age thing and as those evil guys die out then they will win in their ban effort.

    Boy, what a typical biased and full of BS program.

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  5. Clayton CramerAugust 31, 2015 at 10:49 AM

    Billy: The FBI study is one of which I am aware without doing any research. People who commit murder are very atypical. Usually convicted felons, mentally ill, or minors.

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  6. Clayton CramerAugust 31, 2015 at 10:50 AM

    w: What I expect from Diane Rehms, who sounds like she does not have much time left herself.

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