I agree that a lot of mass shootings, etc., are committed by individuals with mental health disorders.
There seems to be a lot of agreement on that among us.
So...why not treat the problem proactively?
Here’s my take on this...you would think that anyone who has the income necessary to buy even one assault rifle would have the income to afford mental health care...unfortunately, that seems to be a low priority among that group...it is probably a choice of one or the other.
Sure, that sounds like speculation, but here is the rub:
When budgets need to be cut, which seems necessary with Conservatives running things these days, public funding of mental health services is usually the first thing to get chopped out of the budget. Wouldn’t it seem wiser to treat the root of the problem, namely the mental health issue, rather than clean up the carnage when one of those unbalanced individuals goes “postal”? Could something as simple as making psychoactive medications available at no cost through the public healthcare system have a positive impact on the problem?
Just wondering what y’all think about that?
Cheers!
Doug
There seems to be a lot of agreement on that among us.
So...why not treat the problem proactively?
Here’s my take on this...you would think that anyone who has the income necessary to buy even one assault rifle would have the income to afford mental health care...unfortunately, that seems to be a low priority among that group...it is probably a choice of one or the other.
Sure, that sounds like speculation, but here is the rub:
When budgets need to be cut, which seems necessary with Conservatives running things these days, public funding of mental health services is usually the first thing to get chopped out of the budget. Wouldn’t it seem wiser to treat the root of the problem, namely the mental health issue, rather than clean up the carnage when one of those unbalanced individuals goes “postal”? Could something as simple as making psychoactive medications available at no cost through the public healthcare system have a positive impact on the problem?
Just wondering what y’all think about that?
Cheers!
Doug