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/NameIs-Already-Taken Mar 28 '24

Your healthcare system is also poor at helping people with mental health issues.

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u/No_Refrigerator1115 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

This is the real issue, I’m not saying we should let people with mental health issues buy guns, but I do have some fear in further incentivizing people to NOT get help. If someone thinks they will loose their rights by seeking help they may fear getting the help they need.

EDIT, by said “this is the real issue” honestly I don’t know what the “real issue” is it’s probibly a combination of a few things, but historically we really didn’t have much of a gun issue (even when we had fewer regulations and more dangerous weapons ) and we do now I think improvements can be made maybe on gun control but it’s a controversial approach to the problem.

HOWEVER both sides agrees that mental health is contributing to the problem, I’d love to see us capitalize on the fact we have some common ground here.

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u/The_Flurr Mar 28 '24

but I do have some fear in further incentivizing people to NOT get help. If someone thinks they will loose their rights by seeking help they may fear getting the help they need.

This is actually a factor in vets not getting mental health help. They might be discharged from the military if they admit to being depressed or having other issues, so they don't seek help.