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I'm not sure you understand what "pool reports" are and how they're used.

 

My objection to that has always been that it might discourage veterans from seeking mental health assistance.

 

Jesus. The tweet mentioned the guy BY NAME. How is mentioning "Ronny Jackson" leading people to believe he's actually "Harold Bornstein?"

 

I can see that, as well, but veterans with mental issues are no different than civilians with mental health issues or domestic violence-type crimes. What's it going to take for us to have some sort of meaningful action on this?

 

Also, HIPAA doesn't really play into it, because a federal law could just explicitly supersede HIPAA in this context. HIPAA is not enshrined in the Constitution. It's just an amendable statute.

 

But what about the ketchup slathering of burnt steaks? That's kinda interesting.

 

No. I'll just be wrong. I mean, sure, I'd feel badly for him and his family, but it's not like I know a single specific of his injuries, or that I'm a surgeon. Note this sentence as well "Odds are that he'll heal pretty well... but understand that I'm talking in a general sense and know no details whatsoever."

That said, they got him to a level one trauma center quickly. They did not lose him right after he got there. His chances are pretty good.

 

Of course it would. There are actually people in the United States who'd actually say "this isn't legal and thus I can't do it." Drunk driving fatalities are down 51 percent since 1982. That ain't happenstance. Hell, abortions have been cut in half since 1990. A lot of that can be tied back to state laws that make it just a little harder to get an abortion or provide them.

 

The stats make it clear. States with more restrictive firearms laws have lower rates of firearms deaths. Not just murders, accidents and (especially) suicides, too.

 

I agree that his chances are pretty good now, but from what I know about gunshot wounds, those to the pelvis area are significant. Lots of bones the bullet can ricochet from and lots of very serious organs that bleed A LOT in the pelvis.

 

Also, as guns would be removed from circulation after crimes and so forth, there wouldn't be guns readily available to replace them. Eventually, the supply would be depleted. You don't see a ton of Revolutionary War muskets being traded on the black market. Things don't last forever.

 

In this context, HIPAA was meant to do the exact opposite of what three_bags is suggesting.