Letter: Is contemplating murder a sign of mental illness?

Is contemplating murder
a sign of mental illness?

Re: “Red flag laws justified even if few mentally ill buy guns” (Letter to the editor, Aug. 11):

Letter-writer Charlie Shoemaker questions red flag laws. Here is another view.

Anybody who acquires a weapon can imagine killing another sentient being. The mere act of contemplating murder is a sign of mental illness.

Let’s not let any crazy people have weapons. That includes everybody.

Dirk Neyhart
Berkeley

 

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