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Less than 5 percent of violent crimes are attributed to people with mental illnesses. I respect and support your efforts to
#BanAssaultWeapons
Men with histories of domestic violence have been shown to be the typical shooter. Mentally ill are scapegoats 1:

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2/ of the GOP and Trump. The mentally ill arecan easy target for the GOP to go after rather than take responsibility and actions. I've worked with mentally ill adults as a case manager for many years and many of my clients were more likely to be victims of crime as statistics

3 show . Mental illness also covers many categories including depression , anxiety, PTSD, etc. This does not mean people are violent or ever have any chance of being violent. The term mental illness sounds scary if you aren't educated about the issue. It doesn't have to be.

4. Mentally ill people aren't scary people. They aren't usually represented accurately in television shows or in movies and neither is mental illness or its treatments. In fact, I often find watching movies about mental illness frustrating because of how inaccurately they are.

5. The clients I worked with for six years as a case manager at one agency and two at another were vulnerable people. They were some of the kindest and most caring people I ever met who helped others although they had little. They weren't there effect but they were good people.

6. I respected them and I liked them. They struggled to live as normal lives as possible while hearing voices from hat usually said mean things to them. Medications helped but often didn't make the voices go away completely. The voices didn't make them violent. The kindness

7 woman hears voices that criticized her. She told me they were the voices of her parents. She was nice to everyone and loved by everyone. She had a cat that she loved and spoiled. Most of my clients went to day treatment five days a week where they attended group therapy. It

8 was work for them to remain psychiatrically stable. They did that work. They didn't live easy lives but they weren't bitter. They simply wanted to be as independent as possible and be treated with respect. Most important people want the same things, IMO. Many people are good.

9. The clients I worked with were disabled by their illnesses and unable to work or they worked part time with the support of a job coach. In the other program they lived in foster homes for adults which provided support and a family atmosphere. Many people diagnosed with a

10 mental illness are high functioning in that they lead what would be considered normal lives and work full time and have homes or apartments and families. They may have depression or anxiety, but most people probably don't knows it. You @davidhogg111 may be diagnosed w anxiety

11. as I myself have due to extreme childhood abuse, someday due to the trauma you have been through due to no fault of your own. You and your peers would not deserve to be discriminated against for that. I do not. Other people don't either. I hope you read the article and do

12 research on mental illness. It's a complicated issue as many are.
Again, I support you and your peers in your efforts to
#BanAssaultWeapons
You are doing amazing work.
Americans stand with you. I have so much respect for you and your peers.

6a. They weren't perfect... typo.

8a. Most people wantthe same things... typo

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