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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Aug 4
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    Michael Tracey Retweeted Fred Guttenberg

    The idea that it's a "gun lobby talking point" to draw attention to the despondent state of mental health in the US is totally absurdhttps://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg/status/1158126910142107648 …

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    Fred GuttenbergVerified account @fred_guttenberg
    Shame on you @SenSanders for these comments. This is a gun issue, to use the gun lobby talking points on this only discredits you as a Presidential option following this weekend. https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1157815349120765954 …
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      2. Fred Guttenberg‏Verified account @fred_guttenberg Aug 4
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        I did not say that. I discuss mental health and the need to address regularly. However, America has a unique gun issue and the desire to blame it on mental health is an issue.

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Aug 4
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        Bernie was merely citing it as a contributing factor, which is 100% valid. You wrongly reduced his statement to nothing more than a “gun lobby talking point.”

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      2. Jim Earl‏ @jimearl666 Aug 5
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        The idea that the gun lobby sincerely cares about the state of mental health in the U.S. is more absurd. Even more absurd is ruling out banning guns. Period.

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      3. VR /AR /MR /XR /Interactive | DMST victim advocate‏ @billyjoecain Aug 5
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        Ready for the most thorough buy back program in history.

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      2. Jackie #ImARussianBot #UnusualAmerican McCaffrey‏ @jackiemccaffrey Aug 4
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        The closest in retrospect I came to death was a guy in college who had a psychotic break and pointed a gun at me. Decades later I remember the feeling in my gut with that rifle held on me..

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      3. jamenta‏ @jamenta Aug 4
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        I had a friend who had a gun pointed at him once. He was quite traumatized by it. It really can have quite an impact on a person. I guess part of the American gun fetish is the "power complex". But mostly it's about #NRA corruption and greed.

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      1. The Nihilist‏ @gaming_nihilist Aug 4
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        If anything, this knee jerk reaction to self censor any discussion around these issues is benefiting the gun lobby's.

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      1. Wide-Mouth Slam Can‏ @wmslamcan Aug 4
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        I really hate the word "talking point" when used to describe someone's opinion. Its use is generally a sign the person using it isn't worth listening to.

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      1. The Polemicist (Jim Kavanagh)‏ @ThePolemicist_ Aug 4
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        I use "state of mind" for what actually drives people (primarily young men) to do this. Includes both psychological problems & political/religious/ideological *convictions* Someone who is *driven* by either or both *will* find a weapon. 86 people were killed in NIce with a truck!

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      1. Christopher Jackson‏ @BerniesBack2020 Aug 4
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        I've never agreed with you more Michael.

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      1. Tran Longmoore‏ @TranLongmoore Aug 5
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        It's not absurd. People who don't give shit about mental health...people who advocate for cutting mental health 300 days a year... they all cite "mental health" on the 65 days a year we have mass shootings.

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      1. RobertMCle‏ @RobertMCle Aug 4
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        A lot of people want the mass shootings to be about only one thing (fitting their political agenda), but really it's lots of things going on. Mental health is certainly one of them.

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      1. JRD‏ @jsndhsd82 Aug 4
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        Also this proves to me these people aren't operating in good faith. They would rather ban guns and still have people act out violently versus trying to figure out a way to prevent violence by trying to bolster mental health.

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      1. J. Bradford DeLucy‏ @01wise Aug 4
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        Let’s just say that being a victim of a horrible crime doesn’t cure centrism

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      1. KGH‏ @ArtbyKGH Aug 4
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        Which one of the recent shooters was the demonstrably / previously diagnosed mentally ill individual. Tell us All 🙄

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      1. Mrs. Honeybunny  🌊‏ @Washhanger Aug 4
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        Gee whiz guys. It's Bernie, what more can we expect. He was for guns for years because Vermont is a gun state. He's changed his tune somewhat, but we know the history. #NeverBernie

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      1. Messenger of Destruction‏ @TROYLT61 Aug 4
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        So, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had mental health issues?

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      1. SurrealDeal‏ @deal_surreal Aug 4
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        As if the Gun industry lobbies with anything near the ferocity of Pharma.

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      1. Free Speech "Extremist"‏ @roblanderos Aug 5
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        Not only is the state of mental health an issue, but also by extension the economic and cultural state of disaffected, alienated, disempowered young men.

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