Well its just too bad he didn’t call the Feds....
I have a friend who’s kid is in classes at a state U with a similar “personality” type. The guy goes on rants, intimidates other students...and the University does nothing. If a complaint has to be lodged, it has to be lodged by the student he’s intimidating...and the student’s being intimidated (and the profs for that matter) are afraid of retribution by the guy should he “go off the deep end.” In fact the U warns them that if they lodge a complaint this guy will know who filed it.
Sad but true, and the definition of harrassment at this particular state instutition only lists direct contact as harrassment...verbal diatribes cannot be counted.
Be careful what you wish for. The finger of blame seems to have been pointed at everyone and everything except the shooter. You do not want to invite people to ‘drop a dime’ on you because you exhibit what they deem is “erratic behavior” or because you disagree with them politically.
Do you wish to live under constant surveillance from your neighbors, friends, postman, your barber, etc.? Do you want to be turned in to the feds because someone at work takes offense to your DTOM bumper sticker or someone at Walmart overheard you talking to a friend about 0bama being a communist? I think not.
The kid was a nut, plain and simple and should be hanged by the neck until dead on Pay-per-View.
Really, what could they do?? There's a lot of crazy people walking around out there. Do you want the government to have the power to enter into homes and search through personal effects just because someone has a mental illness? And who would define what "mental illness" is?
And those blaming his parents, I don't know anything about their efforts, but at 22, this guy was an adult. From personal experience, it is almost impossible to get someone who is mentally ill committed. Even threats of killing a family pet are not enough!!
Events like this are the price we pay for living in a free society!! But we seem have a need to attach blame to someone or something after a tragedy.