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Nancy Waterman

(6,407 posts)
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 06:37 PM Jan 2013

Has anyone made the connection

between the paranoia and rage on the right and what should be the list of people too unstable to own guns?
A lot of them are steeped in paranoid delusions about the government and about Obama. They threaten to act on these delusions if anything happens to trigger their paranoia (like some moderate gun laws).

Surely this is exactly what that list of people who shouldn't own guns is about. The rage and paranoia we have been seeing on TV should constitute enough mental instability, in my opinion, to be on a list that would deny people the right to carry a weapon. I know actually doing this would cause a violent rebellion, but it is something to think about and maybe talk about to bring on some awareness. The pundits keep talking about the right wing and using the word "nuts"? Well, isn't that what the list is about? Isn't paranoia a symptom of psychopathology? And now many of them are threatening violence, again based on a series of delusions.

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Has anyone made the connection (Original Post) Nancy Waterman Jan 2013 OP
I certainly think LaPierre is paranoid lunatica Jan 2013 #1
Good point, Nancy. Thankfully, the "start killing people" guy is no longer legally Cha Jan 2013 #2
This is exactly what we need to see more of Nancy Waterman Jan 2013 #3
Well, it's nice of them to self-identify, no need for a lengthy search. nt bemildred Jan 2013 #4

Cha

(297,323 posts)
2. Good point, Nancy. Thankfully, the "start killing people" guy is no longer legally
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 07:01 PM
Jan 2013

allowed to carry a gun. Talk about "Delusional"!

"West TN man loses handgun carry permit after making video threats"

Yeager, 42, of Camden, posted videos claiming he would "start killing people" if the Obama administration took executive action to pass gun control measures.

Officials said the decision to suspend Yeager's handgun carry permit was based on a "material likelihood of risk of harm to the public" (TCA 39-17-1352).
h/t maliase http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022175994

http://www.wbir.com/news/article/249212/2/West-TN-man-loses-handgun-carry-permit-after-making-video-threats

Nancy Waterman

(6,407 posts)
3. This is exactly what we need to see more of
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 12:08 AM
Jan 2013

Their crazy paranoia and violence has to be called what it is. Hurray for Tennessee!

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