Do you aspies consider yourself mentally defective?

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One thing that should be kept in mind:

Everybody is "defective" in SOMETHING.

put a gun in me hand and stress me out somehow, and yes I can be dangerous. that is the biggest reason I am not into guns. get me in the wrong situation, and I can create a disaster area.

That's very adult of you. You know your limitations.

You are not "defective." Rather, you are human.

I know my limitations, too.

I don't get angry enough to use guns---but I'm the type who might shoot himself in the foot. With my luck, the bullet that hit my foot might hit someone else, too.

IMHO humans in general, are defective, so many things can and do go wrong.

I don't think I'm defective and I don't think anyone on this forum is either. We're human beings, period. A mix of charateristics, talents, weaknesses, personal quirks, intelligence, connectedness. My wish for everyone is to focus on the things you do well and let go of the ones you don't. (I know, that is simplified...but it speaks to the point...)

I hadda let go of things that eluded my grasp. hermithood I can handle, at least.

A court determined you mentally defective ?

Aspies like nts will have some violent people. That’s a given, but like nts that doesn’t mean most aspies are violent. I think our anxiety actually makes us better safer gun owners as well as safer at other things. My cousin disabled all the safeties on his nail guns, quite a few contractors remove safety things to save few seconds of time. Meanwhile I, extra safe with the safeties. I’ve never had accidents, they’ve had lots of accidents. So who’s better? It’s why we have safety agencies who make sure companies follow safety protocols even still lots don’t and get fined. Or follow them only during inspections.

Most people have such thoughts. According to studies Most people think about killing others time to time, it’s considered normal. But it’s s far cry from more serious thought of doing it or hurting yourself,

If yiu don’t feel safe having a gun good for you. I had friends who felt they’d shoot others if they had guns cause they get angry and get into fights. Good. I don’t though so I feel safe with guns. I don’t do road rage for example. I just make snarky comments about people who my driver instructor said feel special.