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One of the rare occasions when you say something I agree with 100%. Changing the way we deal with the mentally ill, and restoring proper funding to mental institutions for those deemed dangerous, is what we should be addressing; it IS the single universal in virtually all mass murders: the murderer was mentally abnormal. In many cases people knew he was, but nothing was done. That needs to change.
The Federal and State governments have already created their version of a solution to the problem of mental illness. It's called prison. Same with addicts. Our country's solution continues to be to create more criminal laws and continue to feed the prison system.
Until the focus returns to actual rehabilitation then there's no point in having that discussion. Funding was cut from the mental health sector on purpose. It's not a right vs. left issue, successive administrations have shown that they believe it's not worth it to try and help the mentally ill to become more productive members of society. Rehabilitation means you no longer have a cash cow for the private prison system to milk.
And so we will continue to have school shootings, increased violent crime rates, and a sweeping gang mentality. *shrug*