GrumpyCatFace wrote:The Conservative wrote:I still say that guns aren't the issue... it's people, which of course most people in Congress refuse to admit.
Ok, so how would you propose to 'fix people'?
People are the issue with pretty much everything that ails society, so what would you recommend?
Allow Asylums to come back, there are people on the street that shouldn't be. Also, you can't "fix" people... if they are that far gone, there is a reason they are like they are. This is where politics and bullshit come in, politicians blame the other side all the time instead of just ignoring it and moving forward with a bill.
We need to allow psychologist visits to be covered long term under the ACA. It's not, I know because I was denied after a few months of going to one dealing with my Papa's death, not having a good job and soon to have a son born with my wife which was a high-risk situation due to family issues. Such as in 22 weeks of pregnancy she had no cervix and was already dilated 3cm (and was until Peter was born)
It all came at me hard and was a lot for me to deal with, working 2nd or third shift sucked, but it was required to bring in money to make sure we had a roof over our heads, and my wife and baby healthy. There were days in a row I didn't eat because I wanted to make sure they did...
The point is that even if you go to a psychologist just to talk and keep sane, you shouldn't be penalized later, or cut off cold turkey for taking advantage of said services. It was $25/visit and I went twice a week. Without insurance, it would have been $200/visit.
We also need to keep a stronger eye on medications and people, instead of just prescribing them and putting these people out back into the wild, we need to make sure that the medications are working and no side effects are happening.
We also need to make sure that people that are going through rough times get the support they need, it shouldn't matter their wealth level, every person needs help one way or another some time in their lives. We are told that because a person has money, that all their problems are resolved, or that is how the government acts. In reality that is far from the truth.
I would love to see less gun violence, but if we want to solve it, try it first in Chicago... use it as a testing area, if you can bring Chicago back from what it is to what it was, then we have a successful program that could be used nationwide to resolve violence issues.
On a side note, you will never resolve all violence, so banning something won't solve the underlining issue.