serious problem in this country. We can help cure the situation if we can take the politics out of the problem. Keeping these mentally Ill people from getting guns is part of the problem but won’t solve their mental issues that would keep people from killing children.
We are living in troubled times.
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a world where doors and windows are left unlocked - the true bucolic life.
A place where methheads don’t exist, gay people are never born and the street lights at night keep the word safe from all intruders. The story of, In Cold Blood actually took place in the inner city.
Be specific: which disorders shoudl trigger involuntary committment? Keep in mind that there is zero causality between depression, anxiety disorders, bi-polar disorder, and even schizophrenia and homicidal behavior. Zero. And, statistically, schizophrenics are a greater danger to themselves than to anyone else. And good luck in this day and age and our discrimination laws and other protections for the mentally ill in successfully pushing through a rebirth of involuntary institutionalization.
Instead of going down that fruitless road, maybe you should do more advocating of segregating violent people, young and old, from society? I see this shooter was 18. Does anyone doubt that someone will dig up a long trail of violent and disturbing behavior that was met with indifference or cover-up? That's the safest bet, a long track record. The other thing with most all of these types of murderers is chronic abuse of mind-altering drugs.
Maybe get serious about removing violent kids from society earlier instead of waiting for them to kill or maim and then taking care of the situation?
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that’s the redline and the parents and friends know. It’s just about outing them, it’s about helping them and keeping people safe.
Unfortunately with social media it now makes everything worse. But we need to identify the young people that are troubled and help them.
This will get worse unfortunately.
And I bet it doesn't start there.
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Have you heard of a 5150? That’s a 3 day commitment and there are also 28 day commitments.
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Might've saved Frank, actually.
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Start dealing with these psychos when they're on your radar instead of chasing imaginary white nationalists.
Of course mental illness and gender identity confusion are related and both derive from early developmental intrafamily trauma… about which we are in total denial as a species.