03-20-2018, 02:01 PM
(03-19-2018, 08:13 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I know there was a discussion at one point about how the school's disciplinary policies were part of the problem for the MSD shooting. According to some recent news, that may not be the case: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/us/nikolas-cruz-baker-act.html
It seems the school tried to get him committed.
It's a weird chicken and egg situation.
Here in Marshall, our sheriff and a lot of others in the state are pushing for mental health funding in relation to schools. On the flip side, our local county judge (functions like a city mayor, but for the county) is pushing for metal detectors and bigger checks, citing stats that say mentally ill people account for less than 1% of known school shootings. Side bar, he's also a Republican and one of the biggest pro-2nd guys I know.
So we don't know if mental illness relates to gun violence because we don't have a reliable, minimum level mental health system. But it doesn't look like lawmakers are interested in studying why gun violence happens, or establishing a mental health system. So we'll probably be sticking with a small number of known mentally ill people committing these acts.