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_refugee_  ·  3336 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How would you stop mass shootings?

So? I can tell anyone, including my current medical provider, that I've never done so much as gone to a shrink before, but that doesn't make it true. And how are they going to check? All doctors take medical histories but they are completely dependent on the truth of the patients filling them out. If I said I'd never seen a shrink there isn't a receptionist on earth who would call the 50 counsellors in my immediate area to confirm that that's the truth. And since I wouldn't have told you who I had seen, that's what you would have to do.