Exactly. Even taking mental disorders out of the picture, everyone's mental state is constantly in flux. Everyone has a tipping point that will send them over the edge. Most will never reach it, but it's there.

While mental healthcare in this country leaves a lot to be desired, I'm not sure it would have prevented very many mass shootings. For the most part, you have to want to get help. Very few people are locked up and not allowed in society because of their mental disorders.

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Posted by Gris Gris

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Posted on 10/2/15 at 4:23 pm to UpToPar

We can't tighten gun control or offer enough additional access to mental health help to stop anything. We might be able to curb some of it, but we may never know the effect. That could be like proving a negative.

There are also HIPPA laws to consider as far as finding out if someone applying for gun has had any treatment.

The article I posted earlier indicates this guy went to a school for kids with emotional issues. Wasn't like it was a secret that he had issues. I just cannot understand how he lived with a parent and had access to so many guns in that one br apt he shared with his mother.

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Posted by Hammertime

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Posted on 10/2/15 at 5:10 pm to UpToPar

You never know until you try. It'll definitely benefit some people. It could benefit people who just need some help getting through the week. It could benefit someone that is suicidal. It could help people realize that they need to consider medication. It might even benefit the mass murders.

You just don't know because you can't predict what someone will or will not do or would have done.

The key idea behind it is that you aren't punishing anyone for things they had nothing to do with

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