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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:


What makes you think that mentally ill people have enough connections in the
criminal community to obtain a gun illegally?
25 years as a Psych RN and we take one off of psych patients as we
admit them a couple times a year (the deputies and security do so every
month or so in ER). Talk about rectum slamming shut moments (grin). Many
mental patients hang out on the streets in less than savory
neighborhoods. It is isn't all much trouble to find one if motivated.
They aren't usually your Glocks or high class weapons, but they can get
cheapo guns if they want to look hard enough.

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