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neversaydie

(69 posts)
3. fund mental health
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 06:00 PM
Oct 2012

I think if we spent more on mental health programs and supported early diagnosis and invervention/support, we would see a definite decrease. Of course we need to chop the balls of the NRA and get illegal guns of the streets, that might help too. Don't we usually find out after the fact that the shooter had mental health issues and/or was emotionally disturbed? The safety net for the mentally ill has been cut to shreds; maybe it's time to focus more attention and more $$ there. Maybe the rights of the mentally ill will become the next big civil rights movement... me thinks?

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