Broken Families and Broken Laws
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Broken Families and Broken Laws
Before 1981, when the Patients ' Right Act was enforced, seriously mentally ill people could be institutionalized. While some people claim that is inhumane, families who had to deal with dangerously ill patients at least had a choice and knew where the patient was and that there would be some kind of treatment. Now we have multitudes of homeless people on the streets, and many of them are mentally ill. They can be picked up and treated for 72 hours, and that is all. Families cannot get any help because institutions cannot keep people unless there is a judge’s ruling that the person is dangerous one of the qualifier is that the person may have already killed someone. It would not make any difference whether the weapon of choice is a gun, knife, or death by strangulation. A deranged individual can be very strong, and they see reality as it merely may mean that the victim needs to be dead. Yes, if families and authorities would follow through on getting treatment for the mentally ill, it would greatly help society’s well-being. I agree we shouldn’t go around flinching in fear of mass shootings. But we should take reasonable steps to minimize risk. Lightning strikes are rare, but building codes require grounding, public pools are closed during storms and rational people don’t stand under trees or on golf courses. In this case we need to start bending the gun ownership curve downward. People need to comprehend that none of the rationale for firearm ownership are rational. They are dangerous tools which have no legitimate use in society outside of police, military or a hunter’s hands. You like to target shoot? Too bad, find another hobby.
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Virginia Tech Tragedy In the Virginia Tech tragedy there were two young women who pleaded for help, that Cho was stalking them. A
Broken Families and Broken Laws
Before 1981, when the Patients ' Right Act was enforced, seriously mentally ill people could be institutionalized. While some people claim that is inhumane, families who had to deal with dangerously ill patients at least had a choice and knew where the patient was and that there would be some kind of treatment. Now we have multitudes of homeless people on the streets, and many of them are mentally ill. They can be picked up and treated for 72 hours, and that is all. Families cannot get any help because institutions cannot keep people unless there is a judge’s ruling that the person is dangerous one of the qualifier is that the person may have already killed someone. It would not make any difference whether the weapon of choice is a gun, knife, or death by strangulation. A deranged individual can be very strong, and they see reality as it merely may mean that the victim needs to be dead. Yes, if families and authorities would follow through on getting treatment for the mentally ill, it would greatly help society’s well-being. I agree we shouldn’t go around flinching in fear of mass shootings. But we should take reasonable steps to minimize risk. Lightning strikes are rare, but building codes require grounding, public pools are closed during storms and rational people don’t stand under trees or on golf courses. In this case we need to start bending the gun ownership curve downward. People need to comprehend that none of the rationale for firearm ownership are rational. They are dangerous tools which have no legitimate use in society outside of police, military or a hunter’s hands. You like to target shoot? Too bad, find another hobby.
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Virginia Tech Tragedy In the Virginia Tech tragedy there were two young women who pleaded for help, that Cho was stalking them. A
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