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My stance on the Second Amendment is simple: I’m not going to take anyone’s guns away. I believe in the Constitution. But Americans need to work together to figure out why we have mass shootings every 21 hours. Something changed around the time of the Columbine shootings in 1999,... show more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr

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Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸2 years ago

This isn’t a complicated issue. Deal with violent criminals and how they become violent criminals. It often starts with being raised without a dad. That’s why it’s a disproportionately large issue for the black community. They have a large amount of broken homes.

Kenny Miller2 years ago

Two words: Mental Health. This is the issue.

Joshua Stylman2 years ago

There's a pattern to these shootings that is obvious to anyone who has the courage - and stomach - to look. A deeper exploration into SSRI's, as well as government sponsored mind controlled programs would do far more than anything relating to "gun control".

VK2 years ago

You know why But you won’t say it.

Jennifer 🟥🔴🧙‍♀️🦉🐈‍⬛ 🦖2 years ago

Can you please address the changes to Title IX and a government forcing women to share private spaces with men against their will? Losing our sports? Being housed with men in prisons? I have tens of thousands of politically homeless women I know searching for a candidate.

Brenden Dilley2 years ago

You lying junky. Hilarious that you think anyone is falling for this horseshit.

BarkingMadMD🇺🇸🇮🇱2 years ago

We already know the answer.

Haikus From Underground2 years ago

Pharma pushed changes in the DSM that caused over-prescription of SSRIs to children claiming the now debunked "chemical imbalance theory". It has nothing to do with guns and everything to do with giving our youth psychotropic medications and then glorifying shooters via the news.

XANDER GEOGRAPHIC 🏕️2 years ago

You said you would pass an "assault weapons" ban if Congress got the bill to your desk. So, which is it?

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RFK Jr. Urges Investigations Into SSRIs and Mass Shootings “Why is it that Switzerland, which has comparable levels of guns, has not had a mass shooting in 21 years, and we have one every 21 hours? Why is that?” Robert F. Kennedy Jr asked. “When I was a kid, kids my age were bringing their rifles to schools for shooting clubs. Nobody ever blinked at that. Nobody ever started shooting at other children at schools.” Kennedy mentioned that SSRIs have “a black box label on it saying may cause homicidal and suicidal behavior,” but the National Institutes of Health (NIH) isn’t interested in discovering if there’s a link to mass shootings. “Since 1996, NIH has had a policy not to study the etiology of the origins of gun violence, and I’m going to change that.”

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There it is…. RFK Jr Knows. When asked about the mass shooter In Minnesota, he pointed DIRECTLY to SSRI’s, and for the first time, he will be studying its Connection to Mass Shootings “People have had guns in this country forever… it’s happening in our country, and not around the world… something changed , and it dramatically changed human behavior. We are the most overmedicated nation in the history of the world. And a lot of those are “black box” drugs that have a warning about suicidal and homicidal ideations.”

There it is…. RFK Jr Knows. When asked about the mass shooter In Minnesota, he pointed DIRECTLY to SSRI’s, and for the first time, he will be studying its Connection to Mass Shootings “People have had guns in this country forever… it’s happening in our country, and not around the world… something changed , and it dramatically changed human behavior. We are the most overmedicated nation in the history of the world. And a lot of those are “black box” drugs that have a warning about suicidal and homicidal ideations.”

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Mario Nawfal

2,179,125 views • 3 years ago

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WATCH: Kennedy is asked a tough question about why “looking at firearms” wasn’t included in the MAHA report. He answered her question with class and grace, and you could hear a pin drop as the room hung on Kennedy’s every word: “We had comparably the same number of guns [when I was a kid]. Nobody was doing that [walking into buildings and shooting strangers]. We had gun clubs at my school. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. “And this is not happening in other countries. Switzerland has a comparable number of guns as we do. And the last mass shooting they had was 23 years ago. We’re having mass shootings every 23 hours. So, there are many, many things that happened in the 1990s that could explain these. “One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs, which in our country is unlike any other country in the world… “And we are looking at that at NIH. So we are doing studies now. We’re initiating studies to look at the correlation and the potential connection between over-medicating our kids and this violence.”

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I'm not saying this is staged, I'm not saying it isn't. As always we pray that everyone is okay either way. But I am simply going to point out the anomaly - look at the :24 second mark... ?? Why is the MILITARY there? ?? Does the Military normally cover Championship Parades? Sure - a Google search shows the "National Guard were there to support che Chiefs", but I personally find the whole thing odd. Not saying I'm right or wrong..... but we have to question anything. I, for one, am tired of being made to believe that every major event in this country is subject to people that simply want to shoot other people. It's somply NOT true. 99% of the "mass shootings" in this Country dind't exist before Columbine in 1999. The Mockinbird Media have simply brainwashed the masses to believe this is we the people and not the treasonous CIA & FBI. No folks, the notion that large scale events are "subject to attack" is simply not trueh. It's only a "reality" because our Government made us believe it. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Capt Kyle

I'm not saying this is staged, I'm not saying it isn't. As always we pray that everyone is okay either way. But I am simply going to point out the anomaly - look at the :24 second mark... ?? Why is the MILITARY there? ?? Does the Military normally cover Championship Parades? Sure - a Google search shows the "National Guard were there to support che Chiefs", but I personally find the whole thing odd. Not saying I'm right or wrong..... but we have to question anything. I, for one, am tired of being made to believe that every major event in this country is subject to people that simply want to shoot other people. It's somply NOT true. 99% of the "mass shootings" in this Country dind't exist before Columbine in 1999. The Mockinbird Media have simply brainwashed the masses to believe this is we the people and not the treasonous CIA & FBI. No folks, the notion that large scale events are "subject to attack" is simply not trueh. It's only a "reality" because our Government made us believe it. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Capt Kyle

Jack Straw

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Would America be safer without the Second Amendment? Alan Dershowitz: “I’m here to tell you that the Bill of Rights makes America less safe. But it’s a trade-off that the founders understood—and they welcomed it…So I am not going to argue to abolish the Second Amendment… But I want us to be honest and truthful. The Second Amendment—the wide availability of guns, both legal and illegal—undoubtedly contributes to the massive amount of both gun homicide and ordinary homicide in the country.”

Would America be safer without the Second Amendment? Alan Dershowitz: “I’m here to tell you that the Bill of Rights makes America less safe. But it’s a trade-off that the founders understood—and they welcomed it…So I am not going to argue to abolish the Second Amendment… But I want us to be honest and truthful. The Second Amendment—the wide availability of guns, both legal and illegal—undoubtedly contributes to the massive amount of both gun homicide and ordinary homicide in the country.”

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