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sabrina 1

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20. Well, I agree with you regarding our Healthcare system, and do believe it plays a very large role
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 02:12 PM
Jul 2012

in many of the tragic events such as this one. As someone who has a family member who we all knew was capable of violence but could not get help for him until he actually attacked someone. Even then, he was placed in a hospital but had to be released after six weeks with no other help available, until the next time.

Civilized societies, and that was my point which you are making, do not tolerate violence-prone mentally ill people loose in society with free access to deadly weapons and no availability of treatment.

It is a deadly combination as we have seen all too often.

So long as the people refuse to demand Health Care for the mentally ill that is adequate and makes it easy for them to acquire weapons, there will be more tragic events like this. And each time people will ask how it happens, and then move on and forget about it until the next time. Until we say 'enough'.

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