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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meet stigma head-on. People on the spectrum are much more likely to be the [u]targets[/u] of harassment and violence than the other way around.

Or to put it another way, if everyone with ASD was a gun-crazed murderer there would be nobody left on the planet.

This is truly a tragedy on multiple levels for this family and their community.

But it is not proof of some kind of link between ASD or mental health challenges and the rates of gun deaths in the US.[/quote]

Every single kid who does a mass shooting is also medicated for things like anxiety, depression, etc.

I think the issue is the pharmaceutical drugs and side effects on young men in particular, that are being glossed over that are the true cause of these mass shootings.[/quote]

I don't know.  Cho (VT shooter) was apparently not being treated for his psychiatric problems.  Adam Lanza's mom may not have been able to manage his medication - I read somewhere that he had retreated to his bedroom, blacked out his windows and was communicating with his mom via the internet.

I think that some of this is due to the fact that these are normal, regular parents trying to handle severe psychiatric illnesses all by themselves with no training, no support, little guidance.[/quote]

My response earlier isn't intended to say that these drugs don't help people- I have friends who have said that anti-depressants have literally save their lives-- but I think you are spot on that these parents are trying to manage mental illness without enough support. I *cannot* imagine leaving a gun unsecured with kids or teens in the house, period. Or leaving a gun unsecured, period- you never know who may pop by for a visit as a few grandparents have tragically discovered. [/quote]

Maybe the parents who are careless like that are overwhelmed, depressed, somewhat suicidal themselves.  [/quote]

I certainly wondered about that with Nancy Lanza, if she just gave up, and this family in NJ--the mom sounded very depressed. [/quote]

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