Need to reopen all the mental hospitals closed in the 1970s. Only three mass murders before then, one Howard Barton Unruh in New Jersey, with a Luger pistol, Richard Speck in Chicago with a knife, and Charles Whitman in Texas, with a bolt action hunting rifle. And none used a semi-auto rifle which had been on the markets since 1903.
After the crazies were released on the streets the mass murder rate took off like a rocket. Almost all would have been in a mental hospital if the mental standards of the 1950s were still enforced.
100% in agreement! I keep firearms at home myself, as do (I believe)) most freepers. In NO WAY do I advocate banning responsible gun ownership. What I advocate is quickly and firmly targeting (pardon the pun), the violent, the criminal, the insane and drug and alcohol users.
I agree. Maybe we don't have to go back to the 1950's completely. But there are some folks who may need to live in group homes. They need to be monitored so they take their meds daily. And yes, no firearms for them.
They're okay when they take their meds. But when they're not taking them, they're nuts.
Anyway, our mental health system is crap. They treat you and then throw you out to the streets. There's nothing humane about that. And they pose a threat to society at large.