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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
........... This is what happens when you have “managed mental health care” (which usually means, “take two aspirin and good luck - NEXT!”) The state of mental health care in this country is abysmal.
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The reason the state of mental health care in this country is abysmal is no one wants to pay for it... there is no magic pill to treat the mentally ill. It is a long, expensive process with absolutely no guarantee of the results of the treatment. "We" made this decision decades ago and it has come home to roost....
The largest mental health facility here in Houston is the Harris County Jail and I suspect it is that way in most large cities. Lock them up and give them powerful anti-psychotic drugs them turn them loose after a while.
And some of the mass shooters had obvious signs that they might be dangerous but can you lock them up or commit them indefinitely on what they "might" do. The Las Vegas shooter showed no signs of anything as far as I have read?
I have to agree with PetrolBlueSC, this is the new normal, just prepare your kids as best you can and hope you aren't in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It would also help if people just turned off talk radio and the 24 hour news channels. The sole purpose of much of it appears to be just to agitate their listeners......