[madprof98]

But even if students do get counseling, federal privacy laws bar the counselor from sharing information with other university professionals unless the student makes a specific threat, said Elizabeth Stanczak, director of counseling and health services at UTSA.

And the Americans with Disabilities Act, which protects mentally ill people from discrimination, prevents campus officials from tossing someone out of school simply for being depressed or schizophrenic. If a student is clearly violating the campus' code of conduct, however, suspension is an option, Paine said.

If anybody actually wanted to stop such a massacre from happening again, these would be the laws to re-examine and revise so that a student whose behavior menaced classmates and teachers, as Cho's did, could be permanently removed from a public college before he turned violent.

[Little Ray]

Ya have to be very careful about the definition of “menaced.”

Had friend and customer get suspended from a job ‘cause he had some gun magazines in his office and a coworker felt “menaced” or “uncomfortable.”