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HOW TO DEAL WITH THE MENTALLY ILL IN A FREE SOCIETY?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 26952109:MV8yMTMxODY2XzM1OTg5MzM4XzU3MjNFQURD] We use to have a system which dealt with the mentally ill just fine. That was before the Kennedys decided that all mentally ill deserved a right to be FREE... like most things liberals do they really were heartless and cruel, but boy the symbolism of how much they cared by opening the doors to the mental hospitals sure looked good like they really did care. But what happened was a reverse affect many had no where to go, no supervision, no familys, no idea how to deal with life outside the walls of the places they had lived. Reagan went along with the Kennedy plan but even he was wrong in many ways. Many had no idea how to get around how to shop how to pay bills how to cook their meals .. it was a debachle. Then along came the ponytailed wire rimmed glass wearing academics who called themselves psyciatrists, afraid to even say the word retarded.. the mentally ill have been the last part of our society to get the help and true caring medical attention they needed. There is no real mental health treatment. NO doctors of any use.. but boy we can pump those anti depressants out like crazy flush them down peoples throats then sit back and watch the fire works. Use to beable to have someone locked up and treated if they did something which would hurt others or themselves. that was long ago in the 'good ole days" when society was normal. [/quote]
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So lately there has been a lot of talk because of the recent shootings about the mentally ill and the mentally ill having access to firearms.
I have heard many pundits, many glpers, many everyday people talking about this, yet no one really has any solutions.
I make this thread under the assumption we all or at least most of us wish to live in a free society. With that said, how in a free society do we prevent or lower the chances of a mentally ill person obtaining a firearm? We can't go around involuntarily committing people we "suspect" may be mentally unstable.
Plus it starts to get shaky when we try and define mentally unstable and who should define this? Plus the meds we give the mentally ill generally have negative psychological effects. Potentially making a bad situation worse.
Is there a way to tackle this problem without violating peoples civil rights? Without doping everyone we suspect to be mentally ill into a drug induced coma? Also without restricting gun rights?
What do you all think?
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