Mental Health Laws Kill

One of the reasons for the apparent increase in the number of “mass shootings” like the one at the theater in Aurora, Colorado is the almost complete LACK of proper treatment for KNOWN mental health sufferers. Some years ago lawmakers made it possible to CLOSE most mental health facilities in favor of smaller, more “personal” facilities that could give more personal treatment for patients. Unfortunately, those smaller treatment facilities did not materialize while the larger facilities still closed, leaving the mental cases on the street. Meanwhile MOST “mass shooters” are KNOWN to have mental problems that have been DIAGNOSED. But since there’s nowhere to send them, they’re turned loose on society and people die. Such is true in the case of the state senator’s son who almost killed the senator and DID kill himself, HOURS after being set home from the hospital after being diagnosed as a danger to society because there were “no beds.” This is a TRAVESTY! Will lawmakers do something about it? Maybe—but it will take them an unconscionable amount of time to do it, while more people die. (TIME Magazine)