The answer to your question is yes.
We don’t know the story on this shooter yet. But I hold strongly that the mentally ill have a responsibility to get help. It is entirely possible to be both ill and evil.
What we need is to somehow get some tools in place so friends and family who see a person’s deteriorating mental state can force him treatment before he goes bonkers. EVEN IF HE IS UNWILLING.
That is nearly impossible under current law.
But I hold strongly that the mentally ill have a responsibility to get help.
In schizophrenics the very organ that allows one to recognize his/her "responsibilities" is biologically devastated.
It is entirely possible to be both ill and evil.
I suspect that's true with some psych disorders but,although genuine schizophrenics sometimes *do* evil things I'd be reluctant to classify them as *being* evil.
What we need is to somehow get some tools in place so friends and family who see a person’s deteriorating mental state can force him treatment before he goes bonkers. EVEN IF HE IS UNWILLING.
Ding ding ding ding...we have a winner! Yes,that's exactly correct...certainly in the case of schizophrenia (and other psych disorders,perhaps).But there's one flaw in your plan....."civil liberties" lawyers (and their supporters in state legislatures).