Well they can pass all the gun laws they want and it will do no good. They do not enforce the countless hundreds of stupid gun laws,currently on the books unless it suits them. But let a public incident happen, especially around election time and they stand and scream that there are people that need help, and their way of helping those that will not help themselves is to punish others by removing their property and privileges. What they need to do is have society and the medical community start to identifythese individuals in our society out there when they are in their early stages, and start taking steps to insure they are unarmed, and monitored. If the person will not take his or her medication, then they need to make sure the person does.

You can not tell me that when this person was growing up, warning flags did not go off and people did not say, something about this person is not right. As mentioned, * he was institutionalized at a Chicago psychiatric treatment center,* he used to cut himself, and had resisted taking his medications, * He was in the Army for about six months in 2001-02, but he told a friend he'd gotten a psychological discharge. If that is not a red flag for this person to be monitored, then what is. Actually his prior actions would have banned him for firearm ownership in Wisconsin. When you purchase a firearm and fill out the forms, there are questions you must answer that pertain to your mental history. He would have had to lie on the form, and then fail the background check had this person been tracked through the right channels.

The problem is the medical and social programs are failing to account for these individuals. Your department of social services scream for more funding, and more personal. They know there are problems with some people in our community, but do not have the fiscal resources to monitor these people in many cases. Still, the political cure is, punish the rest of the community by banning ownership of firearms, and reloading supplies.

Here is another scenario.. what if the public was allowed to be armed by RESPONSIBLE AND TRAINED adults. I mean, allow people after training and extensive back ground checks to be armed. This person walks into the lecture hall armed with his weapons. The difference is, there are several individuals in the audience armed. What would have been the outcome? A massive shoot out, or a well placed counter shot,or just the one person shooting out of control. Yet I cringe when I think of Grandma walking around with a Glock in her purse just waiting for that little mugger to try getting her social security check again.

Something our current society had better pay more attention to. The tendencies for more extreme violence is becoming the norm and not the infrequent occurrence. People armed robbing stores, robbing elderly in parking lots, confronting police and other community personal in armed confrontations, all of this we see on the news every day.

We are not going to change many people's idea of what is right and wrong or the way they live. This person got his weapons through legal channels. How did this happen? Why was his name not flagged. Also criminals can and do every day get weapons by illegal means. So just the fact he got them legally would not have probably stopped him. Our society is at a crossroads. How can you convince a drug dealer that the right road to follow in societyis working at a McDonald's for $250.00 a week when he can make that in a couple hours by selling drugs. Poverty, education of the masses, access to higher education for all,is the manner you turn the violent tendencies around. When you can show people they do have options to achieve and become a working, tax paying member of society in a peaceful manner, thenperhaps they would take a less violent route that effect all.

People with mental disorders need to be identified, and monitored. Granted they have rights and we need to acknowledge their rights and be sensative to their needs but in return for this treatment, they have to accept treatment. They need to allow themselves to take their medication and see their mental and medical personal to monitor their progress. Then and only then,can work and live in our communities is a safe and productive manner.