But critics say that this focus unfairly singles out people with serious mental illness, who studies indicate are involved in only about 4 percent of violent crimes and are 11 or more times as likely than the general population to be the victims of violent crime.
And many proposals — they include strengthening mental health services, lowering the threshold for involuntary commitment and increasing requirements for reporting worrisome patients to the authorities — are rushed in execution and unlikely to repair a broken mental health system, some experts say. [
And many proposals — they include strengthening mental health services, lowering the threshold for involuntary commitment and increasing requirements for reporting worrisome patients to the authorities — are rushed in execution and unlikely to repair a broken mental health system, some experts say. [More] Blanket dragnet anyone?
Liberty will not be won by scapegoating anyone, or throwing anyone under the bus.
Anyone who can't be trusted with a gun can't be trusted without a custodian, and that must not be allowed to happen without full respect for individual rights. We all must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
This fundamental principle of justice should not need to be explained to anyone -- and especially to some who are ostensibly on "our side."
Liberty will not be won by scapegoating anyone, or throwing anyone under the bus.
Anyone who can't be trusted with a gun can't be trusted without a custodian, and that must not be allowed to happen without full respect for individual rights. We all must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
This fundamental principle of justice should not need to be explained to anyone -- and especially to some who are ostensibly on "our side."