Every time there is a mass shooting, gun nuts want more guns, and gun
haters want less guns. The United States has a large population and a
certain number are mentally ill and some of the mentally ill are
dangerous. Instead of arguing over gun rights, why are the great minds
not trying to figure out how to determine which mentally ill are in need
of in patient care and how to pay for the care? There are few if any
actual diagnostic tests for mental illness. Collection of symptoms and
drugs that might work or help mostly trial and error.
Approximately 60 million Americans take antidepressant drugs in America, reports of 14,000 adverse reactions, even 140,000 would indicate that they have little effect as far as promoting violent behavior. The shooter knew exactly what he was doing, he was not forced to shoot anyone because of the regime of prescription drugs he was taking. Perhaps simply hold the person responsible responsible and not engage in a desperate attempt at finding an excuse for why they did something is a better approach? As far as the 'person' who ran down those people during SXSW, to my understanding he wasn't on any antidepressants, which excuse for his behavior is going to be proposed?
Approximately 60 million Americans take antidepressant drugs in America, reports of 14,000 adverse reactions, even 140,000 would indicate that they have little effect as far as promoting violent behavior. The shooter knew exactly what he was doing, he was not forced to shoot anyone because of the regime of prescription drugs he was taking. Perhaps simply hold the person responsible responsible and not engage in a desperate attempt at finding an excuse for why they did something is a better approach? As far as the 'person' who ran down those people during SXSW, to my understanding he wasn't on any antidepressants, which excuse for his behavior is going to be proposed?
