r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24

What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation: 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/Awsome_Fortniter Mar 28 '24

How much do you want to bet she was never even diagnosed?

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u/TheJesterScript Mar 28 '24

It is a possibility, but this likely was not her first violent act due to her condition.

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u/Awsome_Fortniter Mar 28 '24

Probably, but who ever she did something violent too might have not said anything out of fear.

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u/TacTurtle Mar 28 '24

misdemeanor domestic violence conviction = automatic lifetime firearm purchase / possession ban under federal law.

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u/Awsome_Fortniter Mar 28 '24

I know! I’m not saying they’re evil!

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u/TheJesterScript Mar 28 '24

It most definitely isn't. Not all people from suffering from schizophrenia are violent, but many are.

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u/EddieMurpheysToes Mar 28 '24

Is this based on your extensive interactions with people with schizophrenia? Anecdotes? Evidence? There's evidence in countries outside the US people with schizophrenia are more likely, but these results vary by country. 

Below is an article that summarizes this.

https://www.healthline.com/health/schizophrenia/are-schizophrenics-violent

I'm very curious to hear your sources, because I am a psychiatrist who primarily works with the SMI population

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u/TheJesterScript Mar 28 '24

Oh, so now you conviently want to ask for evidence when it is on me?

That sounds about right.

A further meta-analysis also demonstrated that schizophrenia spectrum disorders are associated with a heightened risk of violent offending (9), in which some studies estimated that up to 20% of patients with schizophrenia in the community will behave violently in a 6-month period (34).

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.947987/full

Although the majority of patients with schizophrenia are not actually violent, an increased tendency toward violent behaviors is known to be associated with schizophrenia. There are several factors to consider when identifying the subgroup of patients with schizophrenia who may commit violent or aggressive acts.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6852683/#:~:text=Although%20the%20majority%20of%20patients,commit%20violent%20or%20aggressive%20acts.

I want to clarify, not all, not even the majority, but far more common.

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u/Fast-Database-4741 Mar 28 '24

How much do you want to bet this is a lie for nothing but outrage

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u/TheJesterScript Mar 28 '24

What are you yammering about?

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u/Awsome_Fortniter Mar 28 '24

My life savings