Mental Health Rehab: Not the Answer to Gun Violence?
Now I've heard everything. The New York Times today ran a story today about how some people think rethinking mental health isn't going to do anything to curb violence. That's because, according to the article, some experts think it's unfair to single out mentally ill people as an answer to gun violence because "people with serious mental illness are involved in only about 4% of violent crime," and are far more likely to be victims of it -- 11 or more times the general population. Of course, fixing mental health is the NRA's answer to violence committed by people with assault weapons with multiple clips. (Remember: guns don't kill people. People kill people. But as I saw on a sign in the NYT yesterday, "Guns just let it happen.") Lest we forget, Adam Lanza was able to kill 20 first graders and six teachers in a matter of minutes with the availability of guns that sprayed 13 or more bullets at a time. And had hundreds of clips left. ...