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I can relate since I went through years of my own personal hell. Once I came out of it, I had become a better and stronger person. They would have said I was crazy during my run. What angered me the most was the VA was partly responsible for what happened to me. The VA made me change clothes, asked if I had anything sharp, and placed me in a padded room when I went to the ER just to get help. I was there for 1.5 hours speaking with a doctor and they let me go home. I had no intentions of harming myself or anyone else. I was struggling with panic and anxiety again. It's something I've dealt with since I returned from the Gulf War. They are the ones who even classified me as having Gulf War Syndrome. It was surreal and now I avoid them. I will never again be placed in a situation like this again. I have no issues in letting them know since everything is documented and I have all of those records. I lost a lot of trust in the medical system in 2015. Any trust I had left was completely lost during Covid. They're the ones who are liars and insane. I will even say they are mass murderers after everything I've witnessed over the past 3 years. I've spent a little over 2 decades in and out of the medical system. I'm really surprised I'm not dead. If you want to live a long healthy life, stay active, eat right, and most importantly stay away from doctors and hospital if you can help it.

I don't agree with red flag laws. Your being punished for suspicion. Suspicion isn't a crime. This is just a maneuver to take away one's rights and guns. Notice how they always frame these shooters. They were mentally ill and on a watch list.

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I don't agree with red flag laws either. It is good to know which of your elected officials are for them and against them. I haven't dug for any comprehensive voting information but from what reading and listening to news reports, Florida congressmen Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz have voted for red flag laws, and congressman Byron Donalds voted against them. It doesn't make Gaetz and Waltz bad people, just Donalds a person with more good sense.

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I've read so many comments all over the Internet where people are now saying they can pass whatever they want, it isn't going to happen. They have seen and know too much now over the past few years. They couldn't even get people to turn in their high-capacity magazine in NJ or the bump stocks in CO. I good law-abiding citizens will not use one unless they have to use it. A criminal will always get one and use it for evil. There is no way I would turn mine in after what I've witnessed over the past 3 years. I might as well go ahead and shoot myself.

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