[Las Vegas Ron]

Other, wiser ones than myself, have noted that mass killings were non-existent prior to the closing of the asylums.

Actually, that is not true.

There was the Bath school bombing in 1927, then the Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California in 1979, I'm sure there are others too but these come to mind.

Evil has been around for a long time.

[DugwayDuke]

For those of you who said I was wrong about deinstitutionalization of the 60/70s resulted in more mass killings, might wish to read this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2969355/posts