(October 3, 2017 at 11:15 am)Bob Kelso Wrote:(October 3, 2017 at 10:56 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Improved mental healthcare, maybe in this case/instance, but I haven't seen that evidence yet. And improved mental healthcare is only one aspect, though it seems to be a very common denominator in mass firearm killings. .
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012...full-data/
Down load the spreadsheet.
I agree that it's only one aspect, definitely a great need for reform in other areas, but it's a much bigger aspect than people seem to think. I'm not a professional in the mental health field, I just get the pleasure of protecting those that are and working around them but from what I've seen in my area alone mental healthcare is in the shitter. Scratch that, it aspires to be in the shitter.
I know that my experience doesn't shape reality but it's like this for most of the states not just here.
Public mental health care, if not in the shitter, seems close. Private mental health care, depends on your insurance and/or the depth of your wallet. (Anecdote from personal experience with others under public coverage, and myself under private/self-pay.)
It seems to me that damn near every aspect of mass violence is under-addressed.
Cue the handwringing, "this is the price of freedom", and inaction.
'Murrica, fuck yeah.