Psychologist's open letter to gun advocates

[gloxrok]

I sure hope she isn't actually treating patients who need honest to goodness mental heath care.

Good point. Maybe it's not that we have a mental health problem, but a mental healthcare professional problem. At least that would be the case here.

 

[Leadeye]

I sure hope she isn't actually treating patients who need honest to goodness mental heath care.

She can't be, she has a BA in English and that's it.

 

[The Ninja]

She can't be, she has a BA in English and that's it.

Bad form for the article to refer to her as a psychologist, then. A BA in English does not a psychotherapist make.

 

[Leadeye]

Bad form for the article to refer to her as a psychologist, then. A BA in English does not a psychotherapist make.

Exactly, her qualifications don't go any further than being a politically connected acolyte of Al Gore.

 

[Winamac]

This person is "Bat-crap-crazy"

 

[batmunch]

I sure hope she isn't actually treating patients who need honest to goodness mental heath care.

If she was my therapist, I'd probably end up wanting to off myself even more...

 

[Bennettjh]

I highly doubt we could "help her understand". She thinks she knows everything already so her mind is already made up. What an idiot.

 

[trucker777]

It's this abstract, twisted, depraved, self-centered, fearful and warped liberal logic that itself is a mental disorder.

 

[trucker777]

In fact, it seems that most if not all of these mass shooters are deranged, left-leaning, libtarded lunatics on psychotropic drugs. Just my

 

[oldpink]

What a quack.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I sure hope she isn't actually treating patients who need honest to goodness mental heath care.

No kidding. The phrase, "Physician heal thyself" comes to mind...

 

[Deet]

I pray that she never needs a gun to defend herself or her family. The fact that, that is exactly why I have a gun probably means nothing to her. I hope she seeks help quick, seems like she is really in need of some meds asap.

 

[Car Ramrod]

The founding fathers gave me the right to own guns just like they gave her the right to say stupid things. Since I am suppose to be limited to muskets, she should be limited to pages printed on a printing press and distributed to guys on a corner by horseback.

Incorrect.

The Founding Fathers did not give you any Rights. They only attempted to protect the Rights with which you were born.

 

[tcecil88]

If she is treating patients as a Psychotherapist as she claims to be, I would think a firearm on her person, in her desk or at least quickly available would be prudent. People lash out at physicians all the time in grief as they are a lot of time the bearers of bad news. Doctors are blamed for deaths they have no control over, or are to blame because of malpractice.
She must feel that she is above that kind of behavior and that it will never happen to her. God complex or just plain lack of common sense. In my experience, the smartest people a lot of times have the worst common sense.

 

[halfmileharry]

She needs to move out of TN and head west until she runs out of land and keep on walking.

 

[HubertGummer]

Ignorance mixed with college "education" (read:brainwashing) is a dangerous combination.

 

[223 Gunner]

I read the letter she wrote, it is rife with fear as others have stated.
Also as others have stated, she is "treating" people for their mental health, scary indeed.

 

[chipbennett]

I didn't actually laugh at this; I merely eye-rolled:

It may be a constitutional right to bear arms, but the Constitution said we have the right to bear arms in a militia, those arms being muskets at the time, guns that you could shoot once, taking much time to reload. Not AK-47 weapons.

Regarding the OP's challenge, I made it this far:

Maybe you just don’t feel very good about yourself or your life, and you need to boost your confidence and self-esteem by openly carrying a giant weapon, hiding your disappointing body parts and/or your psychological distress. Maybe you really are fearful, thinking that Muslims are taking over this country, and if not Muslims, that perhaps black and brown men and boys are wreaking havoc. Maybe you have been severely traumatized and need help.

One would think that a psychologist would be familiar with psychological projection, and avoid engaging in it. Apparently, one would think incorrectly.

 

[searpinski]

She should move to California.

 

[actaeon277]

She should move to California.

I have a few more suggestions. But decorum prevents me.