Due to horrible abuses of the past and the cost, states all closed down
the long term mental health care facilities in this country except those
for the criminally insane which are quasi prisons. The problem is what
happens to those who need long term mental health care ??
Most end
up homeless on the streets or in jail. Ever wonder why 50+ years ago
there were as many guns as now but there were NEVER mass shootings---why
??
Fifty years ago these people (mostly paranoid schizophrenics)
were in long term care and were no longer a danger to themselves or
others. Look into the history of the shooters and you will see in
almost every case someone who has been in and out of mental health
facilities and the doctors have said that they are a danger to
themselves and others but there is no where to send them for long term
care. So they give them drugs and send them on their way. The person
stops taking the drugs, becomes psychotic and plans and commits a mass
shooting. THAT'S the cause of these things and society is paying the
price one way or another.
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