06-19-2015, 11:00 AM
I don't understand your contention that lack of proper mental health treatment in this country is a topic which is ignored, cannongal.
My observation is opposite, not only at Mock but whenever the topics of crimes committed by apparently mentally unbalanced people and prison overcrowding are discussed.
Mental health policy failures have been discussed at length here and elsewhere in relation to gun control. Part of gun control policy is keeping firearms out of the hands of felons and mentally unstable individuals. Unfortunately, it's often difficult to monitor and enforce the existing restrictions and laws (which is also frequently part of the discussion).
Mental health and gun control discussions are not mutually exclusive when it comes to crime. You can focus on the mental health problem and someone else can focus on the gun-accessibility problem without having to deny that, many times, both are contributors that need to be addressed.
Anyway, I don't think MS or anyone else justifiably lamenting that another asshole used a gun, this time to end the lives of 9 people in a church, implies ignorance in regards to the possible mental health tie-in.
My observation is opposite, not only at Mock but whenever the topics of crimes committed by apparently mentally unbalanced people and prison overcrowding are discussed.
Mental health policy failures have been discussed at length here and elsewhere in relation to gun control. Part of gun control policy is keeping firearms out of the hands of felons and mentally unstable individuals. Unfortunately, it's often difficult to monitor and enforce the existing restrictions and laws (which is also frequently part of the discussion).
Mental health and gun control discussions are not mutually exclusive when it comes to crime. You can focus on the mental health problem and someone else can focus on the gun-accessibility problem without having to deny that, many times, both are contributors that need to be addressed.
Anyway, I don't think MS or anyone else justifiably lamenting that another asshole used a gun, this time to end the lives of 9 people in a church, implies ignorance in regards to the possible mental health tie-in.