Pretty sure he was a naturalized citizen of the US and his psychological care was after the purchase of the handguns. The only way to have connected the two would have been to have a gun registry that would be checked each time someone enters psychological counseling, something I absolutely do not support.
Guns did not do the killing here, a psychopath mass murderer did it, and half of the deaths were done with knives.
But here’s a better question: How many of the last 12 mass murderers were under some form of recent psychological care? Isn’t it all of them? Seems the area that really needs to be examined is how we handle the insane, but that’s really tricky compared to blaming guns (or knives.)
Are people with mental problems more likely to go on a rampage if they are under the care of a psychiatrist/psychologist? They need to do a study on that.
“But here’s a better question: How many of the last 12 mass murderers were under some form of recent psychological care? Isn’t it all of them? Seems the area that really needs to be examined is how we handle the insane, but that’s really tricky compared to blaming guns (or knives.)”
Just had situation with my city’s police, a couple of weeks ago. I’m a board member for running our local AA meeting hall.
We had a mentally ill patron, who started damaging the building. We told him to leave, he would not, police called, etc.
The police were called back a few days later, when he came back, against our policy for six months suspension.
The police said they knew he was mentally ill, but had to wait until he did something violent to arrest and detain him.
The overall behavior and demeanor of the police, was totally CYA; fearful of lawsuits should anything go awry with the fellow.