The focus on guns in the Virginia Tech shootings has already sped to the front of issues.
Occasionally and not rushed to completion is the fact this man asked for mental health help and did not get it.
A news report showed an entire floor of inmates locked up indefinately in a Florida Jail with shortages of beds, running water and these men have not been charged. These conditions they were living in were sub human.
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They are in for mental illness.
Florida has dedicated money to the separation of the mentally ill from the criminals.
2007-12-24 04:31:38 · 9 answers · asked by granny_sp 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
He didn't ask for mental health help, he evaded it.
Maybe the question should be: If Cho had been involuntarily confined on the basis of his mental health, although he had not yet committed any violent act, would that confinement be constitutionally allowable because it "might" save lives?
That we can discuss. But guessing the outcome of your hypothetical is a bit of a dead end.
2007-12-24 04:51:47 · answer #1 · answered by raichasays 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Years ago all the states ran a rather extensive system of "state hospitals" where those judged mentally ill could be sent for mental health care and if necessary locked up.
Then along came the ACLU and the other bleeding heart liberals who were so worried about a Kafkaesque situation, they got most of the state hospitals closed down, saying they were being used to deny people their "Constitutional rights."
So now instead of people like the VT and Omaha shooters being locked up and given the mental health care they need, they are told to take some pills, see their doctor twice a month and everything will be just fine. As we can see, that does not work.
It is not the guns that are the problem, it is the fact the Liberals set it up that we got "loose cannons" running around our streets just primed to go off.
2007-12-24 05:05:40 · answer #2 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In all probablility if the VT shooter had gotten help, those 30+ people would still be alive. Nor is this a new realization. Even back in the 19th century, as prt fof the "Second Great Awakening" Christians instituted state reforms that established asylums for the mentally ill, instead of treatingthem like criminals.
Today, the fake "Christians" like Bush have stripped funding for mental health programs, including those for people in prison. And wonder why the crime rate is rising and why incidents like VT are on the rise. Perhaps they should try looking at the successes of LIBERAL Christians in the past, like those of that "Awakening" 150 years ago.
Or maybe just read the Sermon on the MOunt.
2007-12-24 04:42:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You have it completely wrong. Rephrase your question. Cho was ordered by a judge multiple times to get mental treatment, but nobody ever followed up on it. Instead they sold him a gun, when the judge who ordered him to get treatment called him a "threat to his peers." Maybe if the system had stayed on top of him, 32 Hokies would still be alive.
2007-12-24 07:00:03 · answer #4 · answered by Lizzie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When Al Gore was elected President he had a great plan for helping the mentally ill. Sadly Commander Bush installed himself as President.
I knew the VT shooter, Cho, in high school. He was very quiet. He kept to himself. He read comic books. He was very timid. I had to stand up for him against a ton of jerk jocks. It caused a few fights for me.
It's sad what those future frat jerks did to him.
I don't doubt for an instance that spoiled white jocks are to blame for him going nuts.
2007-12-24 04:48:45 · answer #5 · answered by DavidSummerly 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with the first response, it is hard to "guess" if the medical treatment would prevent the tragedy. Mental illness is just unpredictable and no one can say for sure. But the gun issue and how easy it was for him to get his hand on one is alarming and could reasonably be avoided, that's why people focus on it instead.
2007-12-24 04:46:02 · answer #6 · answered by Andy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He did not ask for help. He was ordered to counseling, but never went. He didn't WANT help, he wanted to kill people.
David Summerly, my friend was killed by Cho, and he wasn't a frat boy who deserved to be killed. None of the victims deserved to be killed, they weren't the source of his problem.
2007-12-27 13:31:30 · answer #7 · answered by .. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think most people would of hoped the answer was yes but we will never know....each individual is different...unfortunatly some people fall trough the cracks of our society...i had a son-in law that you would of thought was one of the most precious and fun people on this earth...he went to the dr and even had her thinking he was doing better...only to committ suicide at age 29...he is missed dearly
2007-12-24 04:43:06 · answer #8 · answered by lanek 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Retrospective hypotheticals are of little use to anybody. The answer is maybe.
2007-12-24 04:41:09 · answer #9 · answered by Buying is Voting 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋