re: Ex-Texas A&M WR hacks and kills random Dallas jogger with machete

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I'm well aware of the potential dangers I face. I do own a firearm. My point is, as a society, we should concentrate on attempting to lessen the frequency of situations like this. Easy access to mental health care would benefit everyone, and probably cost taxpayers less money. I find it ridiculous that as a society we're concentrated more on guns (either side of the argument) and not how/why someone reaches that point, and what we could do as a society to lessen the occurrences.

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I'm with you on the mental healthcare stuff, it's insane we don't have assylums anymore. I personally know a lady with a psycho son that has threatened to kill a bunch of people and there is literally nothing the cops can do with him until he does something besides admit him to the hospital, and they just realease him after a couple of days. My point is knowing we live in this society with head cases walking free, it's not crazy to arm yourself for your sake and the sake of others if you so desire. I don't carry either but may start soon.

Yall shouldn't make this a gun control debate. Come on.

Your horrid posting hit a brand new low tonight.

frick you and everything about you.

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it's insane we don't have assylums anymore.

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We have them, only now we call them the city streets and homeless shelters

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Are you saying the murderer is somehow the victim here? He is an adult who chose not to take his medicine.

Thanks to Obama and Socialist Progressives Everywhere, a lot actually with my stolen wages.

I am curious to learn the academic bonafides of the murderer and how he got into aTm....


Wait a second, you can't spell Machete without aTm!!!!

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No I'm not saying Johnson was the victim here gtfo with that shite.







Your "stolen wages" don't do shite for mental healthcare, but that statement does clue us all in on your level of intelligence.


I'm quite sure he qualified, according to everyone who knew this young man, he was perfectly fine as long as he was on his meds, and just FYI mental illness does not mean stupidity, see above.



As for you trying to drag the University into this, frick off with your ridiculous reaching.

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We do. They're called something else but we have them. It's harder to committ someone else, and that's not a totally bad thing.

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The issue you have right now is even as hard as it is to commit someone, a lot of those facilities are sitting with waiting lists even for their outpatient care. Especially facilities that deal with you.

And the cost of mental health care is often times too much for someone who is suffering from mental illness to the point that they can't hold a job. It's no coincidence that a lot of our homeless population suffers from a variety of mental illnesses.

It's an incredibly sad situation all around. Maybe had this country had a better way to address mental illness he would've had a case manager to help keep him on his meds and prevent something like this from happening.

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Hey tough guy, what are you doing to help the mentally ill? Not a fricking thing I'm sure so why don't you shut the frick up.

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To be fair, people who talk about helping the mentally ill are doing just that. Talking. There's not a single person in this thread who has ever done anything to help the mentally ill in a general sense. All you bleeding hearts do is TALK.

I do know that, because this subject comes up all the time.

And the same people say "we need to start talking about mental health in this country." Rinse, repeat.

They never actually DO anything though.

What a tragic story. No reason for innocent people to be hurt when someone has completely lost touch with reality.

Apparently Johnson called 911 afterwards. That should tell you something.

Really sad.