Gun Control & RKBA

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2015, 06:28 PM Apr 2015

Nearly 1 in 10 Americans have severe anger issues and access to guns [View all]

(cross-posting from GCRA for your edification)

Roughly 22 million Americans -- 8.9 percent of the adult population-- have impulsive anger issues and easy access to guns. 3.7 million of these angry gun owners routinely carry their guns in public. And very few of them are subject to current mental health-based gun ownership restrictions.

Those are the key findings of a new study by researchers from Harvard, Columbia and Duke University. "Anger," in this study, doesn't simply mean garden-variety aggravation. It means explosive, uncontrollable rage, as measured by responses to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication in the early 2000s. It is "impulsive, out of control, destructive, harmful," lead author Jeffrey Swanson of Duke University said in an interview. "You and I might shout. These individuals break and smash things and get into physical fights, punch someone in the nose."

Angry people with guns are typically young or middle-aged men, according to Swanson's research. They're likely to be married, and to live in suburban areas. In a recent op-ed, Swanson and a co-author point to Craig Stephen Hicks, a North Carolina man who "had frightened neighbors with his rages and had a cache of fourteen firearms" and who shot three Muslim students earlier this year, as a quintessential example of an enraged gun owner.

more
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/04/08/nearly-1-in-10-americans-have-severe-anger-issues-and-access-to-guns/

even more more

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/1-in-10-americans-has-anger-issues-and-access-to-guns/

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-angry-impulsive-gun-access-20150408-story.html

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/04/08/Armed-and-angry-Almost-1-in-10-adults-have-rage-and-gun-access/9611428499393/

http://rt.com/usa/248377-americans-anger-gun-ownership/

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/nearly-one-10-americans-have-anger-issues-and-access-guns

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Nearly 1 in 10 Americans have severe anger issues and access to guns [View all] Electric Monk Apr 2015 OP

Drive by post with no comment Optical.Catalyst Apr 2015 #1

It's news that speaks for itself. I sure have experienced anger directed at me here in the gungeon. Electric Monk Apr 2015 #4

The news sure does speak for itself Optical.Catalyst Apr 2015 #6

Did this study make you angry? Seems like it. nt Electric Monk Apr 2015 #8

You seem to be the one who is angry Lurks Often Apr 2015 #10

LOL, speaking of meta, and with an axe to grind. Electric Monk Apr 2015 #12

Please explain in detail what you characterize as "angry" in the post you responded to. Marengo Apr 2015 #46

Saying the problem is not enough guns, in response to this study. Electric Monk Apr 2015 #47

A nonsensical response. You don't seem understand the definition of "angry"... Marengo Apr 2015 #49

I notice you haven't addressed the study, either, just focusing on me. Confrontationally, too. nt Electric Monk Apr 2015 #50

And I'm noticing your infantile game here... Marengo Apr 2015 #52

Ah, name calling. This study definitely hit a nerve with you. nt Electric Monk Apr 2015 #54

Odd, since I haven't read the study. I'm more interested in your need to characterize... Marengo Apr 2015 #58

I think petronius made some interesting points in reply #19, without being hostile about it. nt Electric Monk Apr 2015 #60

Let's return to the discussion of your definition of "angry" which you seem to be avoiding... Marengo Apr 2015 #62

To clarify, is this sarcasm or serious? Marengo Apr 2015 #89

If you re-read what I posted Optical.Catalyst Apr 2015 #90

That's how I interpreted your post, but someone else thinks you are advocating... Marengo Apr 2015 #91

We're in a thread about people with anger issues having access to guns, in the Gungeon Group... Electric Monk Apr 2015 #92

And you decided to cite that post, in another thread, as an example Marengo Apr 2015 #93

"They're likely to be married, and to live in suburban areas." NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #2

There's a certain segment in DU who wouldn't mind "...no married men..." anywhere. Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #27

Young and middle aged men, huh? tularetom Apr 2015 #3

Yep, this qualifies as a simple post. flamin lib Apr 2015 #5

If the OP doesn't care enough to comment, why should I? n/t oneshooter Apr 2015 #9

The OP has defended the post. flamin lib Apr 2015 #13

Defending is not the same as commenting. n/t oneshooter Apr 2015 #15

I commented on it. flamin lib Apr 2015 #17

So, what you're saying is Shamash Apr 2015 #7

Your post is beneath the dignity of a response except to say that it is beneath . . . nt flamin lib Apr 2015 #14

Woe is me, I am devastated by the intellect displayed in your insightful rebuttal... Shamash Apr 2015 #16

As well you should be. See, we can agree! nt flamin lib Apr 2015 #18

Well said...logic works every time. ileus Apr 2015 #23

Excellent news...those 10% are why I carry. ileus Apr 2015 #11

Well, if it's any consolation, based on the behaviors displayed by the antis in our midst Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #21

A couple of things that come to mind after a quick skim of the research paper itself: petronius Apr 2015 #19

It's a pertinent semantic quibble Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #55

The extent to which that first point matters depends on what inferences one wants petronius Apr 2015 #81

The focus on "ownership" is a capitalistic fettish. What matters is access. stone space Apr 2015 #83

Wait a minute... Shamash Apr 2015 #20

Anyone else notice, almost identical articles...All with the same premise... virginia mountainman Apr 2015 #22

mommy and bloomy approved... ileus Apr 2015 #24

Gun Control "Flavor 'O the Month"? DonP Apr 2015 #25

Next week we'll be discussing how Wal-Mart is being pressured to stop selling firearm & ammo. ileus Apr 2015 #26

Perhaps MSM is trying to get the squirrel to run the old gun control cage. Again. Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #29

Do I see Russia Today among the usual suspects? Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #28

re: "usual suspects" there are literally dozens more, too Electric Monk Apr 2015 #30

Just asking discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #31

In regards to people volunteering the info that they have anger issues and access to guns? Electric Monk Apr 2015 #32

There is the due process clause as well. Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #36

I was referring to due process as a requirement... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #37

Oh, you've concluded it makes sense that something should be done, but how, legally? Electric Monk Apr 2015 #38

I addressed the issue of dangerous mental problems... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #40

If you genuinely believe that the number of places you can find a story Shamash Apr 2015 #33

I'm showing that this study has been noticed by many, yet you'd rather ignore it. Electric Monk Apr 2015 #34

Can I quote you on that? Shamash Apr 2015 #39

I'm familiar with it, but don't see what it has to do with this thread Electric Monk Apr 2015 #41

Amusing how you avoided quoting the -actual- report language Shamash Apr 2015 #42

I still don't see what that has to do with this OP, about gun owners with anger issues Electric Monk Apr 2015 #43

Please explain in detail what you characterize as "angry" in the post you responded to. Marengo Apr 2015 #45

If you don't see it, it's because you don't want to. nt Electric Monk Apr 2015 #48

Or more likely, it doesn't actually exist... Marengo Apr 2015 #51

"I think my assessment of you has been adequately demonstrated as correct. Again." Electric Monk Apr 2015 #53

And now you may explain why I'm "not happy about it"... Marengo Apr 2015 #56

Self-evident, since you've chosen to confront me instead of address the study. nt Electric Monk Apr 2015 #57

That isn't an answer to the question posed. Let's try again... Marengo Apr 2015 #64

You keep seeing anger blueridge3210 Apr 2015 #63

Another gunthusiast trying to make it about me instead of the news reports in the OP. Yay! Electric Monk Apr 2015 #65

"Seething"? Where is the evidence this poster is "seething"? Marengo Apr 2015 #66

I know them from previous encounters here in the gungeon, and they're trying to make it about me Electric Monk Apr 2015 #67

Fair enough, but "seething"? Usage of that usually implies intense anger... Marengo Apr 2015 #68

Your inability to justify the charges you level and the content of the study are separate issues... Marengo Apr 2015 #70

You wouldn't happen to be a middle aged white male who owns a lot of (6+, say) guns, would you? Electric Monk Apr 2015 #72

Why would you ask such a question, and why do you think many would take it personally? Marengo Apr 2015 #73

Run away. (nt) blueridge3210 Apr 2015 #74

Lovely night to walk the dog. I'm back. Do you have anything constructive to contribute yet? Electric Monk Apr 2015 #75

Uh, yeah. blueridge3210 Apr 2015 #78

What is "predictable"? Marengo Apr 2015 #71

"Gunthusiast"? blueridge3210 Apr 2015 #69

He's just another of our "online" psychiatrists that can diagnose you from one post DonP Apr 2015 #76

So, what did you think of the study in the OP there, Don? I think I could probably guess. Electric Monk Apr 2015 #77

Guess? Wow! Mind reading too now? Pity Ed Sullivan isn't on anymore DonP Apr 2015 #80

Yup. (nt) blueridge3210 Apr 2015 #79

Gun control has always been an elitist outlook. Without MSM, it wouldn't even be that. Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #35

*chuckles... virginia mountainman Apr 2015 #44

Many of them are Law Enforcement Officers. n/t leveymg Apr 2015 #59

Oh, yes, I'm sure of that. I wonder how the percentages would break down, in a more detailed study? Electric Monk Apr 2015 #61

What do you propose? NutmegYankee Apr 2015 #82

Cool story bro. NaturalHigh Apr 2015 #84

You mad, bro? Electric Monk Apr 2015 #85

I know I've asked you this before... NaturalHigh Apr 2015 #86

Apparently, the belief is that appeals to ridicule will bring them political success friendly_iconoclast Apr 2015 #87

And it's so effective! NaturalHigh Apr 2015 #88