He was not on HIS medication. Had he taken some previously?
It can create dependencies and shift the imbalance.
Not saying that prescriptions are the cure. Locking up the criminally insane IS the cure. Put them under house arrest with their legal guardian keeping tabs on them.
No gun purchases because there is no free movement.
If these people are not going to be “responsible” for their own actions then someone who IS mentally capable should be responsible for them.
This is not about “prosecuting” the legal guardian for the misdeeds of the incompetent, it is about keeping the incompetent from acting out. The loaded gun of mental instability is already established.
Harsh?
We lock up and suspend the licenses of “drunk” drivers at 0.08 (or less) because they MAY do harm, not because they HAVE done harm.
My solution only requires an ankle monitor. No government insane asylum, no government prison cell.
We are told that the Virginia Tech shooter was “functional”. No he wasn’t. He could “pass” for normal but he was not functional. His writings and photo and video works show his rage. And eventually he did TAKE OUT his agression. He didn’t “snap”. He’d been there for a long time.
What you suggest is not unreasonable at all. It appears to me that the main objection to this plan is the perceived lack of checks & balances. One man with a grudge and the authority can ruin an innocent party.
There is another thread about someone being charged with an alleged rape that is supposed to have occurred decades earlier. Another case of the “justice system” (now there’s an oxymoron for ya) run amuck.
We don’t want crazy people running around armed, and likewise we don’t want the State arbitrarily disarming people...