TED NUGENT: Willing to Help
Ted Nugent has made no secret that he's not a fan of President Obama, but he is willing to sit and talk with Vice President Joe Biden on how to focus on the mental healthcare system to prevent horrors like the Newtown, Connecticut shooting.
Ted Nugent has made no secret that he's not a fan of President Obama, but he is willing to sit and talk with Vice President Joe Biden on how to focus on the mental healthcare system to prevent horrors like the Newtown, Connecticut shooting.
In an open letter to Biden in the Washington Post, Nugent says, "I encourage you to persuade the President to lead this effort by providing a number of public service announcements. The announcements should include watching out for each other, encouraging parents to be more involved in their children's lives regarding entertainment choices, and knowing various indicators we should watch for in people who are unstable. Clearly, the focus on solving these mass murders must be on the mentally ill.
In almost every instance of mass killing, there were ample red flags and warning alarms that either were avoided or were not acted upon by mental health professionals, family members, friends and acquaintances. While I deeply respect an individual's privacy and civil liberties, the American people need basic awareness of what indicators to look for regarding potentially violent, psychotic people."
And of course when it comes to outlawing assault rifles, the gun-loving Nugent says, "I don't encourage you to recommend a ban on any weapon, magazine capacity or type of ammunition... We should never recommend or develop public policy that restricts the rights of the good guys based upon what evil people do or might do. If that were the case, alcohol still would be banned."
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