well feel bad for the parents of these kids who are abandoned to deal with them on their own with no help from our decrepit mental health system
You are on target. Instead of metal detectors, we need mental detectors. Nikolas Cruz should have set off loud pings and pulled aside for his desperately needed mental health. In the past, such troubled kids were sent to a caring family member or a christian pastor for counseling. There was Scouts and Catholic Youth Organization and Boy’s Clubs for the comfort a group would give. Today, the pit of isolation is an easy trap with no way out.
You, as well as Posts #12 (keyhopper), #16 (blueplum), and #26 (Marchmain) have expressed the same idea. This mental train wreck should have been caught much much earlier.