Many, more than half, of the dreadful mass shooting are done by deranged people, people who every one, friends, family, police, school teachers, pastors, neighbors, knew had heavy duty mental illness. These deranged people should have been committed to a mental hospital long before they cut loose and kill a dozen or more innocent people. It's not the guns, it's the nut cases pulling the triggers. Put the nut cases away and we will have less mass shootings.
This needs very careful safeguards to prevent abuse. We are talking about committing some one against their will, someone who has not committed a crime, yet. The Soviets used to put their political opponents away in mental hospitals on flimsy evidence. There ought to be some kind of board, with an experienced cop, a psychiatrist or two, an experienced teacher, a priest and a minister, and perhaps more. In each case they should take testimony from the accused nut case, his parents, siblings, friends, teachers, and others. The accused should be able to call witnesses in his behalf. There ought to be some review.
Short of this, authorities, police, schools, should be more pro active when they encounter one of these nut cases. Right now the authorities tend to just dismiss the matter to save themselves a lot of paperwork. They ought to take an interest, do some checking around, do a little surveillance, with an eye to prosecution.
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