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In reply to the discussion: Report: Newtown shooter used Colorado-made Magpul magazines [View all]sir pball
(4,784 posts)49. In WASP-ass Connecticut having a mentally ill child is a huge "failure". You do not seek care.
Missed that bit about destigmatization, eh? I grew up in that neck of the woods; speaking from direct experience, having it known one of your family members is being treated, let alone institutionalized, is unspeakably shameful.
The really rich quietly ship them away to "boarding school" or somesuch (after an ice pick up their noses, e.g. Rosemary Kennedy), but a family with less resources will just keep them shut in, even if the money is there for treatment. Nancy could never show her face at the country club otherwise.
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But but if they'd succeeded in banning the magazine, and the company moved
madeline_con
Nov 2013
#25
Come on now, you don't really think--*looks over thread responses*--holy shit, you're right. nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2013
#42
Unlike marijuana. Legal in Colorado but not for export to other states..
mountain grammy
Nov 2013
#20
If only they weren't made anywhere, insane people could snap without murdering
mountain grammy
Nov 2013
#28
It's hard to answer a thoughtless, callous response like yours, but here goes:
mountain grammy
Nov 2013
#31
I can (not very enjoyably) imagine that "war scene" with my grandpa's 100-year old shotgun.
sir pball
Nov 2013
#34