I remember that I bought a gun just to see if I could. This was after being hospitalized. It is nothing that serious just a bolt action .22 caliber rifle. So technically I own a gun. My dad owns way more though.
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I donāt think you can own a gun very easily in Australia. Thereās not a big gun culture here.
I grew up in a family with rural backgrounds so those in my family who owned property in the country owned rifles for shooting lame animals in pain.
Thereās a black market for guns, and there is gun violence here but itās restricted to bikie gangs and bad guys. Everyday people donāt carry guns with them for protection or anything like that.
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I own 2. A rifle and a shotgun. I use them for hunting. HOWEVER due to my illness I donāt keep them where I can get them. I give them to my stepdad for safe keeping in his safe, and he has the only key. That way I can only get my guns if Iām going hunting and I never go hunting alone.
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itās illegal in my state to be mentally ill and carry a firearm. I just wish I could have a gun ājust in caseā someone tries to hurt us. but I doubt it so I will be fine. we have our dogs to protect us.
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im making a nuclear bomb
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Iād like a gun that shoots puffs of ecstasy and xanax.
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That is correct I have two pistols and a rifle and my girlfriend has three shotguns, a mosin nagant and a walther pistol. We have a pistol we have never even fired so eventually maybe weāll get out shooting but itās not the first thing on our minds right now. Pretty much alot of gun owners arenāt shooting because they donāt know when theyāll get ammo next because thereās a war being waged on gun owners right now.
I donāt think anyone on the site should be playing with guns though, itās just not the thing to be doing with this diagnosis.
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I have a catapult that I use to launch myself over the border to Mexico and pick up generic latuda.
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How do they know that youāre mentally ill? If you donāt tell them they should have no way of knowing. I thought that hospital records and such were completely confidential.
What about ammos? Have you heard about RIP (Radically Invasive Projectile)?
http://www.gunnuts.net/2014/01/27/rip-ammo-radically-invasive-projectile/
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In the US if youāve been committed that will show up in your background check because itās a legal proceeding. I was committed, but when I was released I got a letter from the court saying that I was āno longer mentally illā. lol
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Damn! No longer mentally ill? I wish I would get a letter like that.
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Yeah but they were obviously full of ā ā ā ā
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They wouldnāt give me disability at first because they said they couldnāt find anything wrong with me. I had to reapply and only then did they give it to me saying I suffered from "depression"
Meanwhile Iāve had 8 psychotic breaks and havenāt been able to work in years. They only tell you youāre mentally ill when itās convenient for them.
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when you fill out the application to own a gun it asks you if you were ever in a mental institution.
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