[PsyCon]

“Anger” and Irrationality” are not only subjective, they are common in normal people. If the individual pulled himself together, calmed down, and then behaved reasonably and cooperatively, what would be the reason for committment? That he would shoot people in the unknown future?

[taterjay]

I think the idea for many years has been to keep people as free as they can be. The ever present threat of lawsuit keeps everyone, government and non government alike from making the tough decisions.

I think also, even if they had been taken for evaluation for the 72 hours and were settled down by then, they would be turned right back out.