Yes, this shooting was John F Kennedy’s fault, hahaha! Seriously, he is the one who deinstatutionalized these people. Amazingly, it was the CONGRESS that agreed these people just needed their meds and then shove them out on the street. I’m a psych nurse. I believe one of the worst cases I ever had was when a huge man was brought to me to admit. He was there because he was found out on the street and threatening to cut someone’s head off if anyone “dissed” him. I asked him to give me an example of someone dissing him. He said “like if I walk up to a payphone and I want to use it and they don’t get off-I will cut their head off for dissing me”. We kept him THREE days, stabilized him and sent him packing with a prescription. Every single American needs to put pressure on their congressman to move some of this political waste to funding to house these people. I’ll betcha they find it pronto now that they’re so scared
Alright, more seriously, I agree with you on asylums for housing those unable to care for themselves or dangerous to others due to severe mental problems—even housing them for long periods of time, subject to occasional and proper evaluations. It’s a good legislative cause. Call the asylums what they like.