I will agree that Paul should have first vetted that Tweet before posting it. But that being said, remember that he has a medical degree, and was probably thinking more of what Kyle had done:
“Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn’t make sense.”
Kyle was thinking that the best way to break through PTSD is to put a gun in the hand of the veteran. DON’T DO THIS. While it may be done with permission by an expert, PTSD is a complicated mental condition, and should only be dealt with by an amateur with kid gloves.
I strongly suspect that after the psychiatrists examine the Marine, they will find he needs institutionalization and a lot of psychiatric care.
Paul could have put it more tactfully, as “Amateurs should not try to practice psychiatric medicine without a license.”
“I strongly suspect that after the psychiatrists examine the Marine, they will find he needs institutionalization and a lot of psychiatric care.”
Since he was already diagnosed with PTSD, why didn’t the psychiatrists already know that he was dangerous and institutionalized him prior to this?!
Ron Paul’s tweet is disgusting because he almost says “it serves him right” for fighting for his country.
“Kyle was thinking that the best way to break through PTSD is to put a gun in the hand of the veteran. DON’T DO THIS. While it may be done with permission by an expert, PTSD is a complicated mental condition, and should only be dealt with by an amateur with kid gloves.”
The professionals already had their shot with this guy. Evidently, they thought he was okay to go to Haiti after his tour in Iraq. There’s a lot of people who suffered PTSD and can go to a gun range fine, including Dakota Meyer, the medal of honor winner.
I’d say the professionals missed this one, not Kyle. I’m sure Kyle wouldn’t have taken him to the range if he had known how bad he was. If the guy shouldn’t have been at the gun range, he shouldn’t have been allowed to use a car, a knife or anything else. In other words he should have been in a mental facility. He had at least one recent DUI. He could have taken out a lot of people while driving too.