This is all so true. I do not know how he could have been detected or forced into treatment because as you say there are problems with funding, and how could his mother tell him what to do, I am sure he would not have listened anyway.
Yes, I do recall Hinkley and he definitely was proud of all the attention he got.
It seems also there was no way to prevent this. Who could have predicted this exact scenario, and we can’t have scanners and metal detectors at every movie theater. Really tragic and I do hope there will not be copycats (as was the case with Colombine).
Oh yes there are copycats. With that many out on the streets, something like this will really set them off. One thing about these wackos..they are the ultimate ME, ME, ME, too bunch.
This is the ONLY and thee ONLY case where I would support complete block grants from the feds to the states to fund mental illness organizations. I’d prefer counties, but the states already have the bins to herd them into if they go off.