[Sacajaweau]

Many people who go to therapy or have even been hospitalized for mental shortcomings are not any more dangerous than someone who had their tonsils out...there are just so many degrees of "help".

What happens to patient/doctor confidentiality?

Here's the real problem....Pysciatrists are supposed to report extremes....Holmes is the perfect example...That doctor was obligated...but neglected to follow through....Loughner also fits this problem

Another problems is...no one will listen to you if nothing has occurred. Lanza's mother would have been told to go home.

[chuckles]

We have been griping that the mental cases have done the shootings, so why wonder when someone takes them up on it? What we will end up with is anyone taking an SSRI or getting a divorce will end up losing their guns. Anyone getting kinda weepy after their mom dies could end up on some list somewhere. If we gripe about the psycho’s doing the shootings, then don’t be surprised when they take us up on it. Any kind of law coming from government will always lose sight of what is important and just become another rule to follow. That’s how government works.