The first two thing that get cut any any budget anywhere is education first and mental health second. Until this changes schiit like this is going to continue to happen. No amount of what ifs and maybes is going to fix this.
The mental health budgets in all 50 States got decimated after the O'Connor vs Donaldson decision. Mental health facilities across the country got emptied and mental health services across America got slashed. The politicians looked at this as a huge windfall to spend as they wanted on everything EXCEPT mental health services since O'Connor vs Donaldson took away anything more than a 3 day evaluation detention. Only the profoundly mentally ill were kept in confinement and eventually they went to your local nursing homes. The 21st century mental health facility is your local County jail or if they are found capable of standing a trial they might end up in a prison. Many folks commit crimes that will get them locked up and while they are locked up or on probation only then are they required to turn in any firearms.
This kid shot his grandmother first and then went to the school and shot it up. How in the hell are you going to stop that ? The Supreme Court decision did not take anything into consideration other than being mentally ill is not a jailable (or prisonable) offense. The Supremes pretty much equated a mental health facility the same as a prison or jail. Since health records are hidden and so are juvenile offenses we may never really know what this kids past was like from an official or medical stand point. Only witnesses who are not bound by law can speak of his past.
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For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.
