Flash fer the dummies....
This incident has nothing to do with the Second Amendment.
Seems like a whole crap load of folks knew this guy was a nut job, to include his parents that he lived with.....
Not a damn one of them did anything about it....
What could they do?
What help or care was available?
Who was going to pay for it?
One of my fields of expertise in my old occupation was "dealing" with Mentally Ill folks.
I was trained, educated and certified to do it. Which, is why I so like, R_D.
The #1 problem with mental health care is the lack of it. Adequate facilities and professionals do not exist.
Not to mention the criminal lack of funding.
Further,
the only way to "commit" a person involuntarily, is to prove that they are a danger to themselves or another.
Lacking that particular proof, entails a lengthy court procedure to get them commited and it takes lots of time.
That, by the way, folks, is the
"Proximate Cause" of the incident in Arizona. Until the law and procedures ares changed, not only there, but
elsewhere as well? The danger exists for all, everywhere.