Why didn't Sarah Brady become an advocate for the mentally ill?

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Why didn't Sarah Brady become an advocate for the mentally ill? This is what any normal progressive-liberal would do. If the mental ill had access to help and healthcare, her personal tragedy would have been avoided.

In related news, the Brady campaign website is full of lies and half-truths. You know your position is incorrect when you cannot tell the whole truth. I guess this is nothing new, but jeez... give me a break. Assault muzzle threadings! LOOKOUT! It's a drive-by mussle threading!
 
LOOKOUT! It's a drive-by mussle threading!
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I hate it when those gang-members do that at the range. I had my Ar15 there the other week, they did a drive-by during the cease fire and next thing I knew I had a bayonet lug and A2 flash hider on my rifle. How will I go on without my postban rifle? :(

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She had a mental breakdown, a clear break with reality, the day her husband was shot.

She is unable to recognize her own mental illness, that which drove her to fixate on an inanimate object instead of a person as the cause of her husband's injuries.

It's not that mentally ill or dysfunctional people can't be active in the mental health field. Many people enter that field motivated by a desire to understand their own problems.

In Sarah Brady's case however, her mental illness, her fixation on the tool rather than the person wielding it, got her off on the wrong track initially.

Today, decades later, she probably does recognize that the best way to address violence in our society is by focusing on the criminal rather than the tools they use. But her activism in the so-called "gun control" movement is how she makes her living and is her "face" to the world. She derives great personal and financial benefit from her role with the Brady Campaign & MMM.

Under these circumstances Brady is unlikely to change course. She'll continue spewing (spray-firing from the lip) the same flagrently dishonest anti-gun propaganda that she's perfected over the decades.
 
In a way...

If you consider that she advocates that all regular citizens become defenseless to criminals, police, and government, then you could rightly say she is a spokesperson of mental illness.


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Cool Hand Luke said: She had a mental breakdown, a clear break with reality, the day her husband was shot.

She is unable to recognize her own mental illness, that which drove her to fixate on an inanimate object instead of a person as the cause of her husband's injuries.

It's not that mentally ill or dysfunctional people can't be active in the mental health field. Many people enter that field motivated by a desire to understand their own problems.

In Sarah Brady's case however, her mental illness, her fixation on the tool rather than the person wielding it, got her off on the wrong track initially.

Today, decades later, she probably does recognize that the best way to address violence in our society is by focusing on the criminal rather than the tools they use. But her activism in the so-called "gun control" movement is how she makes her living and is her "face" to the world. She derives great personal and financial benefit from her role with the Brady Campaign & MMM.

Under these circumstances Brady is unlikely to change course. She'll continue spewing (spray-firing from the lip) the same flagrently dishonest anti-gun propaganda that she's perfected over the decades.
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Cool Hand Luke nailed it!

The really interesting thing about the Reagan shooting, Ronald Reagan had the good sense to realize that what happened to him wouldn't be cured by banning or restricting guns, he showed real class in his reactions to the incident.
 
Why didn't Sarah Brady become an advocate for the mentally ill?
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Because it's far easier to fixate on removing a physical object from the world than an intangible mental condition.
 
She wants her 15 minutes of fame to last a lifetime ! Feeding off the tragedy of what happened to fill her ego and sense of self importance.

She found a nitch that helps keep her in the spotlight , and she likes that feeling !
 
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The root cause of crime is criminals.
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The root cause of criminals is poverty.
 
Maybe she REALLY believes? Lots of people have beliefs that fly in the face of facts, and logic. It may be a cop out to say that she is only doing it for money. Many of her generation, of which I consider myself one (I am 55 years old) were taught at a young age that not everything the public wants is good for them, and just because a majority approves does not make something good. She may be a "heroic crusader" for something that we consider evil, illogical, and down right stupid, but that does not mean she is doing it for money. She may expect future history to look back on her as they do on Martin Luther King, who also took an unpopular position, and changed the world to his way of thinking.

I do not think we should accuse the "gun grabbers" of stupidity, or ulterior motives, like profit. We have Gary Kleck, and John Lott, and Charleton Heston on our side, and I am sure that some of our enemies say that their motive is profit too. There are many impassioned warriors on both sides of this battle and we should not underestimate their resolve and their committment just because they are our enemies.

It would be very interesting to read the history books of 2054, and find out who were the heros, and who were the fools from the perspective of the future. In my opinion, we of the "freedom loving, gun culture, and personal responsibility" group will be smiled on by history,,,,,,,,,, but everyone has to believe in something. :scrutiny:
 
This is a myth that has been perpetuated for decades and has been debunked numerous times. It is merely an excuse.
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Many of the most wicked and horrible crimes have been commited by middle and upper class people. Poverty is an excuse so people do not have to take responsibility for their actions. Look at the massive drug cartels, the leaders of those organizations are super rich, yet they show NO signs of taking their criminally earned wealth, shutting down their drug trade and investing in the stock market.
 
I don't think that poverty is the root cause of crime, nor do I think that there is any single factor that is the root cause. It is more likely that there a combination of factors that make some people more likely to become criminals. This can include: lack of empathy for others, lack of a moral code, substance abuse, sub-standard parenting, and poverty. There are probably others that I am missing. I only included poverty because I think if you combine it with some of the other factors I mentioned, it can make certain crimes (such as ones that involve money) more appealing.
 
The root cause of criminals is poverty.
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That'd be why crime rates were so high during the Great Depression.

Oh, they weren't? :confused:

Demographically, crime and poverty are linked. But causation is hard to prove. What evidence there is for causation goes the other way, and seems to indicate that crime causes poverty. Not in the sense of "someone stole all my stuff and now I'm broke," but in the sense that the behaviors, attitudes, and cultural ideals that criminals generally share, and which they spread to the people around them are the exact opposite of the behaviors, attitudes, and cultural ideals needed to make a good living in America.

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Deep thinkers who look everywhere for the mysterious causes of poverty, ignorance, crime and war need look no further than their own mirrors. We are all born into this world poor and ignorant, and with thoroughly selfish and barbaric impulses. Those of us who turn out any other way do so largely through the efforts of others, who civilized us before we got big enough to do too much damage to the world or ourselves. -- Thomas Sowell
 
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