Hey, he’s like, just this guy, you know?

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  • Jordan Lund@lemmy.onetopolitics @lemmy.world•Biden is creating a new White House office focused on gun violence preventionEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Here’s the trick… the Nashville shooter had no criminal record and bought the guns 100% legally. There is no gun restriction that would block someone who passes the background check from buying a gun.

    BUT:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Nashville_school_shooting

    “Hale was under care for an emotional disorder and had legally purchased seven firearms, including three recovered from the shooting scene, between October 2020 and June 2022.[1]”

    If someone is under psychological care, should that be allowed to pop up on a background check? Maybe not as an instant disqualification the way a court ordered commitment or conviction would, but as an advisory note? Leave it to the discretion of the firearms seller? “By the way, this person is undergoing psych care, you could be held liable if they use this firearm in a crime.” That kind of thing?

    Because right now, the only stuff that shows up on the background check are things that were ruled on by a judge, and sometimes not even all of those.

    For example:

    The guy who shot up Michigan State University:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Michigan_State_University_shooting

    “McRae was arrested in June 2019 for carrying a weapon without a concealed pistol license.[38] Initially charged with a felony, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor unlawful possession of a loaded firearm as part of a plea agreement in November 2019.[39] He was originally sentenced to twelve months’ probation, which was later extended to 18 months, and in May 2021, he was discharged from probation.[35] Because McRae was not convicted of a felony, his ban on possessing weapons ended with the end of his probation.[40]”

    Arrested for a felony gun charge, pled out to a misdemeanor, did his time, did his probation, was allowed to buy guns again.

    Had he been convicted of the felony, he would have been blocked from owning a gun. The misdemeanor was not a barrier and did not appear on the background check.

    Maybe it should have? Maybe ANY gun charges, felony OR misdemeanor should bar you from gun ownership?

  • Jordan Lund@lemmy.onetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What started your addiction to drugs, and how did you get clean?
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    1 year ago

    At the time the doc said they could do a laminectomy, which is removing some of the spine material to prevent the spinal cord from being crushed. But it’s expensive, would require I be off work for 6 weeks, and wouldn’t be super effective.

    So I told him “Ok, pretend we did that, because pretending doesn’t cost anything, not super effective, still in pain, now what?”

    “Well, we can do cortizone shots into your spine…”

    “Gee, that sounds pleasant, but I’ve heard you can only have so many of those and you’re done, you can’t have anymore. I’ve got, maybe, what another 40 years? Let’s not burn all the cortizone shots now… What’s next?”

    ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ “Vicodin?”

  • Jordan Lund@lemmy.onetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What started your addiction to drugs, and how did you get clean?
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    1 year ago

    Feb. 2008 my spine tried to kill me. Lower lumbar spinal stenosis.

    Did a bunch of stuff, winded up on vicodin. At my peak, just to function as a normal human being, I was taking 10 a day.

    2 when I woke up.
    2 when I got to work.
    2 at lunchtime.
    2 when I got home.
    2 to be able to sleep.

    For a year, it felt like my head was stuffed with cotton.

    I got tired of not being able to think so I stopped the vicodin, managing the pain with stretching, breathing exercises, and meditation.

    The pain never left, but I could “distance” it, like shouting from the house across the street.

    I would not wish stenosis pain on my worst enemy.