Here we go again…

  • Treczoks@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Maybe you should differ between those people in active service and ex-soldiers with PTSD and mental issues that makes them hear voices…

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Maybe they should differ. I think that anyone who hasn’t proven themselves a danger to others should be able to own one, even people with PTSD which shouldn’t be stigmatized simply because some people with it do violent things. Most people with PTSD do not.

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Unfortunately a fact that few are willing to recognize is that if you have been homeless in the US for more than 4 weeks there is a very high (like high 90s percent) chance that you have PTSD. It’s not just the military, though us vets certainly have it as well. I’ll also wager that anyone that has spent any amount of time in our jails also has PTSD. The point I’m making is that despite the common person thinking that PTSD is just exclusive to the military, it is in fact, not.

        I haven’t actually looked into it, but I would wager that globally we have better than 6 billion people walking around with some form of PTSD.

        • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          That and survivors of rape, assault (sexual or otherwise,) b&e, the list of potential causes is a mile long. I’d wager your wager is not at all unreasonable.

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      1 year ago

      Why? No one, zero people, who join the military or the police, do so without the intention of using force over others. These aren’t good people, I’m not going to concern myself with what category of shitty to put them under.