Magoo wrote: I'm actually concerned that this is going to cause another boom in ammo/gun prices. People may call for more gun control after this, and people afraid of people calling for more gun control will start stockpiling again...

IT'LL BE LIKE OBAMA GETTING ELECTED ALL OVER AGAIN.

STOCK UP ON AMMO.

As for a political motive, it appears the guy is basically just crazy. I am not trying to pay much attention to it because I hate the sensationalization of these types of situations, but I have heard more than once that the guy most likely has severe mental issues, probably schizophrenia. In general, he thought the government was out to destroy us, so he listened to the voice in his head and struck first.

oldpbnoob wrote: As for a political motive, it appears the guy is basically just crazy.

This.

I've read his postings various places. I've seen his Youtube rants and blogs.

I still cannot piece together any sort of coherent political theme on anything. It's all nonsensical. Stuff I've not even really heard from the fringe on either side. Stuff like saying that all law is invalidated because of the U.S. Constitution being rewritten from the Articles of Confederation, and claiming that the illiteracy rate in the U.S. is above 90 percent.

The closest I can tag one of his rantings to is extreme libertarianism, with his rantings about the money system needing to switch back to gold and silver instead of paper. But even in that, it doesn't seem like his problem is with using gold and silver to BACK money. It's the physical act of actually using paper money.

Guy was off of his rocker.

Magoo wrote: carl_the_sniper wrote: Magoo wrote: I'm actually concerned that this is going to cause another boom in ammo/gun prices. People may call for more gun control after this, and people afraid of people calling for more gun control will start stockpiling again... IT'LL BE LIKE OBAMA GETTING ELECTED ALL OVER AGAIN. STOCK UP ON AMMO. Dude, like Reb said, it doesn't take a lot...

I wouldn't want to shop at stores owned by people like that.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5idu_xz8MDQA2O-nVNq4zzkCEWvSg - http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5idu_xz8MDQA2O-nVNq4zzkCEWvSg

"WASHINGTON — Young adults who started using cannabis at an early age and used it for several years are at increased risk of being diagnosed with a form of psychosis, of hallucinating or having delusions, a study published Monday found.

The study conducted at the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland in Australia asked more than 3,800 young adults, aged around 20 years, about their cannabis use, and assessed them for psychoses, delusional behavior and to see if they had hallucinations.

Just over 14 percent reported using cannabis for six or more years. The study found that they were twice as likely as those who had never used cannabis to be diagnosed with nonaffective psychoses, such as schizophrenia.

These longtime users were also twice as likely to report having hallucinations, and four times as likely to show delusional behavior as non-users, the study shows.

"There were significant linear trends between the exposure variable and all three psychosis-related measures: the longer the duration since first cannabis use, the higher the risk of the adverse outcomes," the study says.

But which came first, cannabis-use or psychosis, remains unclear, the researchers said.

Study participants who reported having hallucinations early in life were more likely to have used cannabis longer and to use it more frequently, highlighting the "complexity of the relationship," the study says.

"Those individuals who ... had isolated psychotic symptoms were more likely to commence cannabis use, which could then contribute to an increased risk of conversion to a non-affective psychotic disorder," it says.

"Apart from the implications for policy-makers and health-planners, we hope our findings will encourage further clinical and animal model-based research to unravel the mechanisms linking cannabis use and psychosis," the study says."


Now the following is from Time, which has an extremely liberal slant... so of course they don't want pot demonized, but it is still interesting to read their point of view.

http://healthland.time.com/2011/01/10/politics-parenting-pot-or-psychosis-what-caused-the-arizona-shootings/ - http://healthland.time.com/2011/01/10/politics-parenting-pot-or-psychosis-what-caused-the-arizona-shootings/

Of course they use some pot logic and spout off with stuff like this...

"For marijuana, the bottom line is that if cannabis smoking can cause schizophrenia, it does so in only some of those who are already predisposed to the mental disorder. Otherwise, the massive increase in marijuana use seen in the West since the 1950's would have been accompanied by a similar increase in the schizophrenia rate. That did not occur: schizophrenia rates have been stable, affecting roughly 1% of the population."

Which completely contradicts Times headline article also out today which states:

"Other than a public breakdown and a threat to order, however, institutions with some sense of guardianship over individuals, like schools, colleges and, perhaps, corporations, may be the only potential intervenors — though even then, their options are limited by law and by the efficiency of bureaucracies. "At an institution like a university, this [has become] an expected problem," Duckworth says of mental illness. He reports that mental-health professionals working in college settings are overwhelmed by the intensity of the illnesses they see and by the sheer numbers of students in need of treatment."



Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2041733,00.html#ixzz1AkTXFdHY - http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2041733,00.html#ixzz1AkTXFdHY



So logically we see that they are saying pot use isn't a problem otherwise we would see a dramatic increase in mental health issues...

And yet, we are seeing a dramatic increase in mental health issues, but they aren't being reported because of the sheer numbers that are overwhelming the system...

So clearly there is a problem, one that the reporters shown in the two articles I linked are actively trying to ignore, and instead place the blame on a large basket of issues... So that they can get people to focus on "fairness doctrine, and gun control".

Well, if they totally ban guns, then we wouldn't have this problem, especially large capacity magazines...